Either Past or Present, Good or Bad, Living or Dead; who do you feel we gain the most benefit from studying? And why?
2007-01-08 21:47:42 · 10 answers · asked by ? 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The leader I would want to study would be someone who didn't want to be a leader. Someone who thought other human beings were important. Someone who taught by example. Someone who was too wise to be fooled by the things most people think are important. SO, I guess it would have to be either Christ, Buddha or maybe Plato.
If I studied just one bad leader, I guess it might be Hitler. I would want to see how self delusion and evil will ultimately lead to defeat.
2007-01-08 22:01:33 · answer #1 · answered by Karma Chimera 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All leaders; this those not exclude the ones who become called dictators; no man is an island, and all rational. Today we need a new way to study so called dictators - look their politics make people of developing Nations get to their heels, go out and find any new information that challenge on what might be the reason of domestic stagnation.
And has forced preferable leaders to think a new! Consequently we are becoming more understanding for cultures and societies, we are conscious about how we address cultures and the peopling of the world.
For me, the question would be more than just which leader.
2007-01-10 12:16:27 · answer #2 · answered by seesunsuf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would choose the past because things good or bad things that I recognise myself with are in the past - a moment just an instant ago, it is as good a part of my life now as it will be many moments later. I live and experience my life constantly in time and realise that I know better about myself, about all things that happened in the past. And since I understand my past better, in a way, I change it for good; I change my past continually as I live continually creating my own future into existence – that would then be my brand new past some moment soon, that I will read like an interesting book, learn from it, changing it where ever necessary.
2007-01-09 06:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Shahid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Master Himself.
Leonardo Da Vinci
2007-01-09 17:15:20 · answer #4 · answered by manc1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nelson Mandela who had to endure segregation in jail for close to 27 years after being imprisoned by the apartheid authorities. On his release from prison he pardoned his oppressors; invited one of his former jailers to his inauguration as president. He did not revenge against his forner tormentors; he led the whole nation to forgive and forget the past and move on with their lives. He embraced Charlize Theron on receiving an Oscar Award.
2007-01-09 06:08:17 · answer #5 · answered by John-Baptist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest Ghandi, the only leader in the world to have achieved his aims without violence and without exploiting & profiting from his position. When he died he owned little more than just the clothes that he stood up in yet was mourned by millions.
2007-01-09 06:01:48 · answer #6 · answered by Aine G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Henry David Thoreau - "Walden"
Themes include: the importance of self reliance, the value of simplicity, the illusion of progress, the cycle of seasons, man as part of nature, exploring one's inner self.
As classic works of literature go, the novel is rich with basic lessons.
2007-01-09 07:42:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mohandas K. Gandhi
2007-01-10 15:49:14 · answer #8 · answered by shy_voo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler knew how to make the trains run on time and he built loads of motorways.
2007-01-09 05:52:40 · answer #9 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will learn more if you dont follow anyone...there are no shortcuts...we all have to make our own mistakes and learn from them.
2007-01-09 20:13:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋