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Voted : Philosophers
At a first look it would appear to be the warriors that have had a bigger impact on the world throughout history. However, when one analyses deeper, one will see that a lot of the times the warriors were motivated by some kind of philosophy- be it nationalism, religion, democracy, human rights, philosophies of virtue, philosophies of what it is to be virtuous, philosophies on how social expectation on 'masculinity', Marxism, fascism, indoctrined racism, ideas of cultural superiority, and so on. Add this to the weight of impact that philosophy has had in terms of peace as well.
I believe that it is philosophers and not warriors who have had the biggest impact on the world. People have fought, but a lot of the times it was over ideas of which they greatly respected but were thought up by others.
Depends on how you define philosophers. If you include political philosophy then they'd have a great impact, if not then the warriors would take the lead.
herzog- I would include political, economic, social, metaphysical and even spiritual (religions) philosophies.
Then yes, philosophers would take the lead.
Because that list would include all the founding fathers, marx, the founders of pretty much every religion (jesus, mohammed, buddha, etc), in addition to the usual list of philosophers that everyone learns about in school.
For better or worse all those men have left a permanent mark on the world and created (often) armies in their wake that otherwise would not have existed.
^What would neocon herzog know about warriors?
Voted : Philosophers
Thoughts (sometimes flawed) always precede action...
Voted : Warriors
Whoever said "The pen is mightier than the sword" clearly never had to contend with a nutjob berserker carrying a hand-and-a-half sword...
Voted : Warriors
brawn beats brains every time,
fear and hate then keeps everyone in line
by Jyl on Wed Jan 31, 07 7:58pm
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You're not exactly Action Man yourself, Cranky.
Voted : Philosophers
Jyl, Brains Built the atom bomb. Though somehow that seems to be an Oxy moron.
 I guess I should mention that our modern world was shaped largely by the philosophical teachings of Jesus Christ, a pacifist. (though conquest of the Christian Philosophy is the driving force behind the warriors campaign, So it is historically Philosophy.
You mean the pacifist statements like "I did not come to bring peace but a sword."?
And the sword represents _________?
The emphesis here is that *(coming) not to bring peace* doesn't mean he came to start a war, but rather he will not stop the (spiritual) battle already waged between God and Satan. And bringing a sword represents dividing the souls belonging to God from those belonging to satan.
Christ is the lamb of God bringing salvation to the doomed world. He doesn't do this by waging war or by violence, that's what dooms the world in the first place.
His weapon is faith, his mission is to be sacrificed (murdered) at the hand of satan and his purpose is for the world to witness his ressurection from death, his ascention to the throne to assume the power of God, and his undying love for the world through mercy, self sacrafice and forgiveness of sin.
passiveson
"And the sword represents _________?"
It sure as hell doesn't respresent peace.
It sure as hell doesn't *represent peace.
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