30 April 2005
We've had some discussions in class and a few "cool people" presentations which bordered on the subject of contributions to humanity. It has also come into play in some of the blog conversations. I really am curious, and, of course, will never get to truly know which people in our era will live into history, the kind of history which last for millenia. If, as Weston posts, this really is a new Dark Ages, then who will be the Constantine--or the Saladin--the Temujin of our time? Or, if it really is a Renaissance, who is the Dante--the Michaelangelo --the Queen Elizabeth--the Shakespeare? I postulate that the true leaders will never be seen as so perfect again, mostly due to media attention, but surely we have some who will live into history for great deeds, or ideas, or important creations. (Of course, you'll then have to decide which time frame "our era" means. . .)
posted by Mrs. Kern @ 12:55 PM
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It is simply hard to determine who are great people. Future determines who is going to be remembered. It all dependends what kind of influence they will have on lives of future generations. I don't know if Michelangelo, Leonardo, Shakespeare were as popular in their times as they are remembered now. They did their jobs. I don't know if in those times people treated them as the greatest minds of all time. When our society came to appreaciate art they couldn't avoid reneissance artists. However, if we in some way forgot art and start new dark ages, all those people in reneissance would be forgoten, and new people from the past would arise as new great people. Even in dark ages there were great people that people appreciated. Maybe, they were not artists or scientists, but at least something was bringing hope. I would say that hope is eternal no matter how dark the ages are. I actually read book now that speaks about what would happen if Nazis won the WW II. Who determines the destiny? Every legend needs to go through certain period of time to become mature enough. Einstein has good chances to become one of the greatest minds, but no one can guarantee that. I am afraid of another thing. There are a lot of great minds that are forgotten, just because they are really not popular in the times they lived. They lived in the background, and brought something to the humanity. They are all now part of global oblivion.
So, does CaptainZach's cool comment about love being more important than fear mean that being loved is more important than being feared, or that loving is more important than fearing? Hmmm. . .and does this lead us back to altruism again?
Shayla, thank you for mentioning Freddy Mercury. . .and who said "my" time wasn't "our" time? Decades blur pretty fast after the first two or three. Or maybe it's the specific decades. . .there wasn't a lot to treasure in the late 80's!
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