Who is the most respectable person in history?
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Benjamin Franklin: author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and a musical instrument. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania. Toward the end of his life, he became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
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1824 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
i dont think albert einstein is the most respectable person in history is because he helped with the atomic bombing of japan when he was still alive. He came up with the formula e=mc^2 and then when the bomb was launched he then claimed it was the single greatest mistake of his life. It took 500 billion people for him to realize what he did was wrong. He helped with the production and construction of the first atomic bomb. That later influenced people nowadays to act as terrorist. 1530 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
i agree with you on that.because wasnt einstein only acknowledged as a genious after his death,while alive was he not declared a mad man?.............also just because you are respected does not mean that you are respectable.thus its devastating influence on mankind. 1272 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
Tough question but I'd have to say either George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. Washington because he had the opportunity to become king and turned it down flat and Jefferson because his vision of a free society continues to guide Western civilization more than two hundred years later. 1823 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
I oppose on thomas jefferson. he only freed blacks so that the north(people that only loved him) would get off his back. In the Notes on Virginia he stated that blacks are inferior to blacks but they hold only memories. In 1806 he issued a law that stated blacks had to leave the state within a year. 1. freed blacks were becoming a threat to slavery. @. Blacks knew how to do everything so there was so much more competition that the whites didn't want to put up with. 1530 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
In my opinion only people of violence should be allowed on this list, because anyone can get anything done with a gun, but to create real change against oppression non-violently is truly respectable. Here's my list so far: Amma, Ghandi, Bob Marley, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, J. K. Rowling (she gave so much money to charity that she lost her billionaire status), Charles Darwin, Marshal Rosenberg (creator of Nonviolent Communication, if you haven't learned it...learn it), Leymah Gbowee and the women of Liberia (able to achieve peace after a 14 year civil war), Leo Tolstoy, etc. 98 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
hard to pick one...in fact impossible. (I love all these people putting Jesus Christ...who most likely didnt even exist...though, I guess you can argue he is still respected by many) Here are a couple of good recent ones (proven existing people): Martin Luther King Ghandhi Dahlai Lama anyone that promotes peace! 1824 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
Mmm, it more depends on what you're looking for. Admiration, I think, is something that comes from each individual as a sort of identification of their work with your own aspirations. What I mean is, most wouldn't say Mussolini, but Hitler admired him greatly... and what do you know, they both turned out to be the same kind of person. It's all about what you're interested in. I would have to say, any great philosopher, or person who uses reason for the good of all man kind is a very respectable person. - Socrates - Plato - Aristotle - Rousseau - Descartes - Kant - Locke - Leibniz - Nietzsche - Sartre - Russell - Mill - Marx - Gandhi - Jefferson These were all great thinkers and believe anyone who dedicates as much time to figure things out for the rest of the community, and with no wrong intention (whether it be to undermine the community they are thinking for, or using their thoughts only in argument to reach some sort of ends) are the most respectable people. As soon as you set aside your biases and look directly at an issue for the good of the whole, and risk yourself in doing so, you make my books for being one of the most respectable of human beings. 1824 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
What I mean is, most wouldn't say Mussolini, but Hitler admired him greatly... and what do you know, they both turned out to be the same kind of person. It's all about what you're interested in. Exactly. I've downvoted 2 posts where Americans were chosen because other americans didn't have a wide enough choice and knowledge to make a good decision. They chose without consideration of others.. without even thinking about the greatness in others - not that I blame them we all live in ignorance. I'm not saying I know the answer - just that they don't :D 1272 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
If you ever get a chance, and assuming you haven't, read "iCon: Steve Jobs, The Second Act in the History of Business". Steve's a weird one, and while I admire him for his business strategies and some of his philosophical outlook on life (and more), he's made decisions that I don't particularly understand. Abandoning his only child and her mother after struggling, himself, with the idea that he didn't know his biological parents. He's a typical guy, really, but one that is resourceful, dedicated, and very clever... but, with all of that said, he's still a crooked, cut-throat business man at his core. 1271 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
I find it extremely difficult to make any decision here. There have been hundreds of men in history who can be 'nominated'. Here's a list of the 'types': Generals/Warriors/Heroes/Scientists/ Anybody add to the list... IMO nobody can be defined as the most respectable because no two great people are comparable. 1272 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
Wow erm well for me it has to William Wilberforce, he campaigned for near twenty seven years of his life to abolish the slave trade in Britain and he eventually achieved this with the Slave Trade Act of 1807 and eventually, before he died the Act 1833 officially abolished slavery in the British Empire. 285 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
In my opinion only people of violence should be allowed on this list, because anyone can get anything done with a gun, but to create real change against oppression non-violently is truly respectable. Here's my list so far: Amma, Ghandi, Bob Marley, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, J. K. Rowling (she gave so much money to charity that she lost her billionaire status), Charles Darwin, Marshal Rosenberg (creator of Nonviolent Communication, if you haven't learned it...learn it), Leymah Gbowee and the women of Liberia (able to achieve peace after a 14 year civil war), Leo Tolstoy, etc. 98 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
How can we fail to mention a living witness to this argument. Nelson Mandela. How many of you can forgive fellow brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors alike after undergoing torture, degradation, abuse, killings, inequality, trashing etc in their hands for 50years and 27 of those years subjected to all sorts of inhumane hard labour, only for you to pat them in back and genuinely tell them, folks; I forgive you so lets sit, enjoy and merry together, bygone must be bygone. And for the record, whether Jesus Christ ever lived or not, he still retains the accolade of the Most Respectable, if not, can anyone tell me whose name living or dead is mentioned respectfully more than Jesus Christ on daily basis. 87 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
Jesus Christ's existence is still disputed. And if he did exist, there is no evidence he was "without sin", and no evidence that he was sent by some divine power to "save all". If you want to believe that, go ahead. Just don't try to claim it as a solid fact, because it isn't. 1824 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
Even if you don't believe something as true nearly 83% of American's believe in the divine power of Jesus Christ. Many say that his life and words have had a positive change in their lives. There are numerous people who will cite him as their reason for getting off of drugs and alcohol and reconciling their marriages. Not only that, but also even, if you do not believe that he is real, he is fact or fiction a historical figure. much of the driving force of many inventors, artist, writers and politicans to do good. for example... Martin Luther King Jr. not to mention many others.. and news flash you wouldn't be able to read your "God Delusion" book if it hadn't been for a catholic man named Gutenberg inventing the printing press.
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1824 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
Glad you limited the parameters on this one to a reasonable field. :) Geez, Respectable, in HISTORY, huh? Okay .. Julius "Groucho" Marx because he said "Time flies like a arrow, but fruit flies like a banana." and next would be Dave Barry. I really respect funny. 1823 days ago | Side: Who is the most respectable person in history?
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