Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?

[Excited Penguin]

The occurence of Nietzsche in world history is a tragic, self-perpetuating irony that will never cease to impress me.

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If time is a forest, the grove behind us is one with Platonic roots and Christian crowns - for all but one oak, greatest of all, guarding the philosopher's stone in its shadow.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I once wrote a paper comparing/contrasting FDR's management style with Hitler's. It ... disturbed ... my prof.

The major difference being that FDR didn't gear the whole economy towards a future war effort.

He certainly did as much as he could in 1940, starting with giving US Army and Navy stocks to the UK (necessitating replenishment), signing off on the Two-Ocean Navy bill that was for the time astounding, and a bill calling for 100,000 planes a year to be built by 1945. Also, the draft.

It's true he didn't nationalize oil, or regiment vacations, and it's true that he's no Htlerian fascist. FDR didn't have the same intentions as Hitler, obviously. But, as any wise leader did in the age of total war, he and his delegates certainly managed the economy for a future war effort. The "whole" economy? You're right, no, he didn't. But as much as he could, and once war actually broke out, indeed, managed everything down to recycling tires.

FDR certainly did modify the economy, using an executive team to issue fiat orders, install price controls, and install wage controls. And it's true that such were installed in preparation for, or response to, war.

[Sterben]

Mine is the unknown cave man who figured out how fire worked and was able to use it to cook meat.

[Catholic_Lady]

Jesus (sorry for the cliche)

St Joan of Arc

St Francis of Assisi

[Arkilogue]

I think Artemis of Ephesus is my favorite historical figure....here she is,

[vorlon13]

Jesus (sorry for the cliche)

St Joan of Arc

St Francis of Assisi

You left out the infant of Prague.

[Amarok]

Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Nobunaga Oda


Ieyasu Tokugawa

The three great unifiers of japan

[brewer]

Salk and Sabin. 

Anybody mention Nobel or DuPont?

How about Dr. Seuss?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Salk and Sabin. 

Anybody mention Nobel or DuPont?

How about Dr. Seuss?

I failed to mention Dr. Seuss,
Though I liked his tale about the moose.

Horton the elephant gave me joy,
As did Bartholomew, the multi-hatted boy.

As much as I admired Sam,
I still don't like green eggs and ham.

I loved how Mr. Brown could moo,
And cherished the fish, both red and blue.

As a child, his books gave me quite the eyes-full.
Thanks for everything, Mr. Geisel.

Boru

[abaris]

He certainly did as much as he could in 1940, starting with giving US Army and Navy stocks to the UK (necessitating replenishment), signing off on the Two-Ocean Navy bill that was for the time astounding, and a bill calling for 100,000 planes a year to be built by 1945. Also, the draft.

He did do that, seven years after coming to office when the war was already going on and it seemed likely that the USA would enter at some point. Hitler on the other hand did it from day one.