i actually had a conversation about this with someone the other day. let's see...
henry VIII- my own personal fascination with a deeply conflicted man. he had 6 wives, beheaded two of them. he also ended up beheading so many people he once considered friends and loyal subjects. he broke england away from the roman catholic church, for goodness sakes. a heretic (according to some) and a radical! he did what he wanted, and got what he wanted. what an ego-driven, arrogant (rightfully so), intelligent, well-cultured, charismatic individual. during his prime, i don't think i could have resist him.
elizabeth I- i just greatly admire her. its amazing how she was once cast aside as an illegitimate heir, then ended up becoming one of england's most beloved rulers.
leonardo di vinci- he did it all. the man's a genius.
jesus- who wouldn't want to walk beside the most famous and infamous figure in history? of all time?! was he just the average man or was he really the son of god?
adolf hitler- mass genocide! 😱 not exactly something to be excited about, but its fascinating how someone could just order the death's of 6 million people without feeling an ounce of guilt or remorse. or maybe he did...
jeffrey dahmer- okay, an odd choice, but one that would prove be entertainingly creepy. seriel killer and cannibal!
abraham lincoln- a sentimental favorite in US history.
there's more i'm sure... hmm
Originally posted by Fallen
henry VIII- my own personal fascination with a deeply conflicted man. he had 6 wives, beheaded two of them. he also ended up beheading so many people he once considered friends and loyal subjects. he broke england away from the roman catholic church, for goodness sakes. a heretic (according to some) and a radical! he did what he wanted, and got what he wanted. what an ego-driven, arrogant (rightfully so), intelligent, well-cultured, charismatic individual. during his prime, i don't think i could have resist him.
and Jonathan Rhys Myers is ****ing HOT!
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Do you really imagine Moses to be more different than typical 87 year old uncle? I don't think so.Jesus is the hippy Jew - look at his hair and beard. Moses would not be pleased.
Uh, YEAH! My 87 year old relatives can't talk to GOD.
edit- not that you haven't solved that problem by inviting God Jr.
William James - one of the fathers of experimental psychology, one of the original people to try and bring the study of human behaviour into the lab. Said lots of things about action and perception that was at least a century ahead of its time. I would be interested in learning the motivational context for his work, where he was comming from and his philosophy on things like consciousness and materialism/reductionism. I'd love to hear his perspective on new movements like cognitive neuroscience, social cognition and evolutionary psych.
Marquis de Sade - Author and sexual deviant, possibly one of the highest exemplars of freedom in history. Not necessarily a good person, but one who was willing to satisfy all of his desires. His criticisms of the state, church, and most other institutional or authoritative structures makes him an anarchist and an atheist in a time when such philosophies were essentially unheard of (or at least not in the way they are today). I'd be most interested in his stories, his rationalizations for his, lets face it, evil actions (I believe he raped and kidnapped a couple of individuals, also assaulted some hookers), but also, I would love to hear the ideas of a cynic, locked up for sodomy, who lived during a time of massive political revolution and violence.
"Otzi" the Iceman - Found frozen in Europe, Otzi is a mummified remain of a human from over 5000 years ago. Rather than just ramble about how incredible he is, as a scientific find, I will link the Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi_the_Iceman. Unlike the previous 2, who as individuals are important to my beliefs, Otzi represents more of a culture that I am very curious of. Even just to watch the natural behaviours of man from 5000 years ago would be magnificent. Ignoring the obvious communication problems, just to learn how life was for man at that point, from one who lived it, would be monumentous.