|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:44 am
It doesn't matter whether you discuss one or more. This thread is about the people from the past who you idolise and aspire to be like.
For me, not surprisingly to some, it's Horatio Nelson, and in further posts I will talk about why that is. The idea of this thread is not to state who these people are and why in one thread. The idea is to make that statement and to discuss and compare them and ourselves. You could call it character development for ourselves.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:32 pm
You said it Mel, not surprising, he-he.
I'm not exactly sure myself. Right now I can't think of anybody I idolize or anything...
...I think I should give this some thought so I can get back to ya! 3nodding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:50 pm
I'm very fond of Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire.
Hers is a story of love, strength and courage, which for me is quite inspiring. She went from being in the lowest class of Byzantine society to the most powerful woman in the world at the time, saving the empire in the process (when all the men of power were running away from riots that were some of the worst in history).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:11 pm
Jasper Tudor from the era of the Wars of the Roses; John of Gaunt from the Medieval period; Robert E. Lee from the American Civil War; Manfred von Richthofen and his pilots, esp. Kurt Wolff, in WW1.
There are others, but those are my main heroes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:08 am
You know, I think that my most favorite person in history has to be "Leonardo DaVinci". He created so many things in his lifetime and he was even known to be many different things like, painter, architect, you name it! It's too bad he also left a few unfinished things but, maybe he just didn't have the time or whatever. he-he mrgreen What best idol than that!?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:15 pm
I think thee was a thread like this before. Anyway, a fresh start is never a bacd thing. There are many types of people to idolize, for many different reasons. Hypno beat me to the punch for my favorite - Leonardo da Vince. He was the original renaissance man. Second place is Benjamin Franklin, from colonial American histrory. Like da Vinci, Frankling was a brilliant man of many talents and was one of many key people in helping usher in our moderna age of scientific reasoning.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:26 pm
Ha-ha! See what happens when you can't be here often SK? I'm only teasing since I know you can't cuz you have a family to support and you work two jobs, that's gotta be tough!
Anyways, Ben Franklin is also a good choice but I don't know, there are still many out there and I can't make a decision on second place... rolleyes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:21 pm
Jim Henson. All he ever wanted to do was make people happy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:34 am
*squee* There is something most wonderful about one's life goal being to make people happy. The world would be a much better place if more people took that approach.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:45 pm
The only person - though he's not my idol *per say* - is David Bowie... spreading the sexy...
heart
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:20 pm
I'm trying to remember but I can't think of the name. Who was the Pope who spoke through pipes in the Vatacan and convinced his predecessor he was the voice of God and that he should step down? Anyone remember?
Because I've thought that was just plain sweet for years.
Berz.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:05 am
I don't remember that story!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:00 pm
This is weird, I have never heard of that Pope that Berz is talking about. I wonder if anybody actually does... neutral
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:03 pm
Aha! Found it! Pope Boniface VIII who reigned from 24 December 1294 to 11 October 1303. His predecessor, Pope Celestine V, was only the second Pope to abdicate. To this day, he is the last Pope to have abdicated.
Legend has it that Boniface, then Benedetto Cardinal Caetani, spoke through the pipes of the Vatacan and convinced Celestine that he was the voice of God, proclaiming that no man could live without sin and that because of this Celestine should step down. Cardinal Caetani was then elected Pope Boniface VIII and promptly put forth some of the strongest claims to temporal, as well as spiritual, supremacy of any Pope.
Takes some serious balls, no? mrgreen
Berz.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:46 pm
I see... I had no idea cuz I don't follow the history of popes at all. So yer saying that pope is yer idol then? neutral
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
