Interestingly enough, Plato's proposal for creating an ideal city-state had specific instructions for how to breed philosopher-kings. He advocated eugenics, an

Interestingly enough, Plato's proposal for creating an ideal city-state had specific instructions for how to breed philosopher-kings. He advocated eugenics, and he also recommended lying to the citizens about how it was decided who would be paired up with who. So...I'm not sure we should go down that road?