If you could meet/talk to any historical character, who would it be? :O
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Mrkittycat said:It'd be fun to see what happensFargoDog said:
Lets try not to destroy the space time continuum here shall we?
Hitler. That man was a charismatic tactical genius. I think i would have a lot i could learn from him about everything from war to manipulation of the masses. (not intended to be offensive to anyone in anyway)
Ok, here's a few thoughts:
Alfred the Great- King of Wessex who defended his kingdom by the skin of his teeth, and pretty much saved England from becoming "Daneland"- he could take a lot of credit for creating, or ensuring the survival of, England. He was also said to be quite a wise, sharp and intelligent character, religious, and promoted education through the chruch's. Quite an interesting and enlightend character.
Boudicca- After the Romans raped her three daughters, she triggered a huge rebellion across Britain, leading an army on a bloody rampage which destroyed two or maybe three Roman cities before she was eventually defeated and later commited suicide. To do all that, she must have been of remarkable character.
Aristotle- Studied pretty much everything, tutored Alexander the Great, devised Virtue Ethics, a theory which i am quite fond off, left lots of interesting ideas behind. His influense in Arabic and Western thought has been huge. He is, of course, also connected to Plato and Socraties.
The Emperor Constantine- If this Emperor had not converted to Christanity, or indeed favoured it then i doubt Christanity would still exist today. I would love to find out why (or indeed if he honestly did...) convert to Christanity.
Alfred the Great- King of Wessex who defended his kingdom by the skin of his teeth, and pretty much saved England from becoming "Daneland"- he could take a lot of credit for creating, or ensuring the survival of, England. He was also said to be quite a wise, sharp and intelligent character, religious, and promoted education through the chruch's. Quite an interesting and enlightend character.
Boudicca- After the Romans raped her three daughters, she triggered a huge rebellion across Britain, leading an army on a bloody rampage which destroyed two or maybe three Roman cities before she was eventually defeated and later commited suicide. To do all that, she must have been of remarkable character.
Aristotle- Studied pretty much everything, tutored Alexander the Great, devised Virtue Ethics, a theory which i am quite fond off, left lots of interesting ideas behind. His influense in Arabic and Western thought has been huge. He is, of course, also connected to Plato and Socraties.
The Emperor Constantine- If this Emperor had not converted to Christanity, or indeed favoured it then i doubt Christanity would still exist today. I would love to find out why (or indeed if he honestly did...) convert to Christanity.
I would love to talk to Mozart, but before his father's death. He was really ahead of his time, and had an awesome sense of humor. But after his father's death, he was a raving drunk plummeting down towards his own young death.
I'd just like to see him at work on something- an absolute genius.noobface said:
He made look like a complete hack in his day- he was leagues ahead of him in theory, understanding and ability.
Personally, there are so many to choose from, but I guess if I had to pick one, I'd go for Richard Plantagenet of the Angevin Kings of England. Better known as Richard the Lionheart to history.
Fascinating figure- his family made the Sopranos look soft! Brutal yet cultured, pious, yet thought nothing of making war while on Crusade.
A tumultuous time to be alive, and he typifies the conflict, instability and proved himself time and again as something of an inspirational military commander.
Also, despised England (he spoke French) and I suppose I'd like to know the truth behind the apocryphal story that tells he declared he would have sold London if he could find a buyer.
I would want to meet a normal person from a historical time. Choosing the time would be very difficult, but I think it would be very interesting to see and talk to someone to see just how different people actually were. I would be willing to bet that once you get past language and different religious beliefs people would be pretty similar. I don't think we've really changed that much over time.
I pretty much take it for granted that historical figures probably were not very much like the characters that have been built up around them. If I were to meet a Character, though, I would like to meet Mark Twain--he probably wouldn't try to kill me, I could probably understand him, and I think it would be a lot of fun to sit around and listen to his funniness and wit. He also had some pretty deep things to say as well, so it wouldn't all be just laughs.
I pretty much take it for granted that historical figures probably were not very much like the characters that have been built up around them. If I were to meet a Character, though, I would like to meet Mark Twain--he probably wouldn't try to kill me, I could probably understand him, and I think it would be a lot of fun to sit around and listen to his funniness and wit. He also had some pretty deep things to say as well, so it wouldn't all be just laughs.
Or on being one of the most badass of presidents. How many people make their own party because they don't like the way the original is being run, and beat the original in the election (well, his party came second, but he still beat the ones he wanted to beat)?Mr.Mattress said:
And how can you kill a Teddy Roosevelt who's already dead?
Hitler was one of the main reasons he failed in the end you know? Over-reached when invading, and was militarily inflexible. I wouldn't call him a tactical genius.Kailvin said:
Churchill, Bernard Montgomery, or Leslie Morshead. My three great heroes. Men of great character, wit and tactical genius.
Jesus Christ, Ronald Reagen, Jefferson Davis, Octavian Caesar, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ike Eisenhower. All great people
Herodotus, Plato, Da Vinci, Leonidas, Patton, James Madison, Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, Karl von Müller, Michael Faraday, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson... really I could go on and on for quite awhile at this...
Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Vlad Tepes (if he wouldn't kill me).
If I could only choose one, it would be Dante Alighieri.
If I could only choose one, it would be Dante Alighieri.