Alexander the Great: Or the Terrible?

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Looking back over the whole page of history, there is one obvious thing. It means that people who can master their own ideas can conquer the world. Napoleon · Bonaparte, Alexander the Great, Ivan · the · terrible people - they all have spiritual discipline. All of these people can achieve much of the goal.

On the surface, Alexander the Great seems to resemble many modern generals and military leaders. Tojo, Hitler, Patton, Napoleon Bonaparte, Norman Chartkop can all be considered military geniuses of the same level as Alexander the Great. But when we looked at their motives, the similarities began to disappear. Tojo and Hitler are great conquerors, but they are racist and cruel in the pursuit of political thought. As a result, they were afraid of the people they were conquered. The situation of Alexander the Great is the opposite. Alexander struggled for personal glory and unity, and most of the people he conquered were satisfied with his rule and prospered under it. Patton and Shcartzcopf are also driven by different motives. Both showed aggressive tactics but they played the opposite role of Alexander and were liberators of conquistadors. Napoleon left