Who do you consider to be the greatest person in history, and why?

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Can there really be a greatest person?
It's hard to put someone in that category, impossible really. Too many aspects to look at.
 

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Originally posted by: LoKe
Can there really be a greatest person?
It's hard to put someone in that category, impossible really. Too many aspects to look at.

So suggest a few.
 

Maetryx

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Hmmmm. Cheating a little I'd say Martin Luther. Not cheating I'd say Gutenburg (sp?), inventor of the printing press.
 

Ryan

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I can't name a greatest person, but I have some great people that I can pinpoint that are great in my life :)
 
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The only person I would put in that category at this time would be my English teacher. Really smart, patient guy.
 

Willoughbyva

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Ben Franklin

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Pane

Abigale Adams

Nightengale Forgot her first name.

Those are just american history of the past few years.

Arestotle

Playto

Shakespere

Humankind is not contigent on the actins of one particular person, but on the sum of many.
 

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Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
Ben Franklin

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Pane

Abigale Adams

Nightengale Forgot her first name.

Those are just american history of the past few years.

Arestotle

Playto

Shakespere

Humankind is not contigent on the actins of one particular person, but on the sum of many.

Florence is her first name.
 

JoeI

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Augustus Caesar - restored peace after 100 years of civil war in rome, maintained an honest government, and made Rome much better.
 

LordMaul

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I know you said religious figures were exempt...but Hitler is really a great guy.
 

eigen

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Originally posted by: LordMaul
I know you said religious figures were exempt...but Hitler is really a great guy.

He killed alot of Jews.:clock:
 

EyeMWing

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Hitler. Without him and his idiotic war, technology would presently be at the levels we had in approximately 1955.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: LordMaul
Originally posted by: eigen
Originally posted by: LordMaul
I know you said religious figures were exempt...but Hitler is really a great guy.

He killed alot of Jews.:clock:

Quite a few fags, too. :thumbsup:

Hey now, you know better than to turn my thread into a flamefest. Some others I could expect this from, but you behave!