2007-06-20 19:12:40 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
That the mind is the most difficult of all places to conquer.
2007-06-20 19:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by ycats 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Whats wrong with these people saying to teach Alexander the Great love, temperance, and military strategy! What the hell?!
Every land he conquered he made his own: peoples that had never heard of Macedonia 20 years before him came to love him as a God. He did not alienate anyone except stupid Yahoo answerers of the future. If he did not fight on the front lines with his troops, many of his battles would have been castoprohes instead of victories: his troop was always outnumbered. And finally he did not die from drinkin too much... he grew ill during a party and sucumbed. Some think he died from disease, some think he was poisoned... but it definately was not from too much alcohol. Stupids.
medicine and law.
medicine so he could have avoiding dieing outside of battle.
law so that if he did die his lands would be easily given to a heir.
2007-06-20 21:16:38 · answer #2 · answered by jesusoffh 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That the general doesn't have to lead the army from the very front. He almost got himself killed on many occassions from being the first one over the wall. So, I'd teach him military strategy.
At the oracle site at Sewah, Egypt, he was declared by the prophettes to be a god incarnate. I would teach him humility since he took this way of thinking to heart and alienated his allies with his arrogent attitude.
I would teach him patience. You don't have conquer the world all at once and not always through force of arms.
2007-06-20 19:33:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The bigger you try to make your kingdom, the more difficult it will be to control (especially without modern communication and transportation!!!) Be happy with a large, strong kingdom that is united under you, because conquering the world and peoples' will to govern independently will inevitably lead to dissintegration in that time period.
2007-06-22 10:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by alex d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would teach him the one thing that Aristotle apparently failed to get through his THICK alcoholic skull: How to have CLASS and not act like a freaking BRAT. ... The Great [Warrior], my .....
P.S. Him, Stalin, and Hitler - they all have spun from the same shameful and bloodthirsty corner of the human experience. Why humanity actively yearns to worship MONSTERS (like "his Greatness" Alexander the @$$) is truly beyond me!
2007-06-20 19:54:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cutting a knot with a sword isn't a solution to a puzzle, much less a clever one. If the knot really can't be untied, there is no reason to untie it. If it can be untied, it ought to be.
2007-06-21 03:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by Christopher F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question. I just finished reading about him...again. Apparently he died quite young, from drinking??? At least that's what I've read. I suppose I would teach him temperance in his diet and alcohol, etc. It's amazing what he accomplished in his short life. WHat could he have done had he lived another 30 years?
2007-06-20 19:17:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I will teach him how to play the game command and conquer. =)
2007-06-20 19:24:11 · answer #8 · answered by Ben 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Love.
If he had loved somebody enough to trust them with his full authority, his empire would not have been split up by his lords.
Although, Aristotle wasn't able to teach him love, so I'm not sure I could have.
2007-06-20 19:16:31 · answer #9 · answered by Born at an early age 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I would teach him how to build a machine gun or something to aid him in world conquest.
2007-06-20 19:21:58 · answer #10 · answered by Phoenix 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋