(April 18, 2015 at 7:53 pm)abaris Wrote:(April 18, 2015 at 5:55 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Churchill and E.O. Wilson come to mind.
What exactly made Churchill great in your opinion? He's only ever defined over his role in WWII, but the rest of his life wasn't all that glorious.
I wouldn't put any politician in that category, but only people who really pushed humanity forward. And that list would be endless, starting with many roman and greek philosophers and authors. The most defining feature, in my view, is going against and breaking up the mainstream of their times.
The many different things he did -- politician is the most famous, but he was one hell of a writer. He was also a journalist who escaped captivity in the Boer War.
But as a writer he was very productive well into old age, which is what I gather this thread is about.
