Alexanders last words and I thought life was meaningful..

"Bury my body, don't build my monument, keep my hand outside so the world knows who won the world had nothing in hand when died"

The person who conquered the whole world thought that life was ultimately worthless, why do you think your life wont be?

why do you think your life wont be? Stranger_4

[QUOTE="Stranger_4"]why do you think your life wont be? mindstorm

"Bury my body, don't build my monument, keep my hand outside so the world knows who won the world had nothing in hand when died"

The person who conquered the whole world thought that life was ultimately worthless, why do you think your life wont be?

Stranger_4

It makes sense that he said that. Thats the kind of man he was. With everything he conquered he didn't believe in burning cities after over running them.

He even hunted down the 2 people that killed Darius III and killed them himself. He believed only Kings had the right to kill Kings.

"Bury my body, don't build my monument, keep my hand outside so the world knows who won the world had nothing in hand when died"

The person who conquered the whole world thought that life was ultimately worthless, why do you think your life wont be?

Stranger_4

"Bury my body, don't build my monument, keep my hand outside so the world knows who won the world had nothing in hand when died"

The person who conquered the whole world thought that life was ultimately worthless, why do you think your life wont be?

[QUOTE="Stranger_4"]why do you think your life wont be? mindstorm

I don't know why people Idolize Alexander, he was just a conqueror like any other at that time.

The reason "people idolize Alexander" is because the influence of his accomplishments is still alive in the world today. The Greek influence in architecture, philosophy and numerous other fields, including science, mathmatics, government, etc, are beyond that of any other empire's in the Western world. The Roman achievement is the only one comparable, but the Greeks pre-date the Romans, and carried Greek influence in its own culture. The history of the Western civilized world, along with much of that in the East shy of China, began with Alexander's Greece. That's why Homer, Plato and Aristotle are still read today.Chemistian

...so the history of Eqypt and Persia began with alexander? Is that what you're implying?

[QUOTE="Stranger_4"]

"Bury my body, don't build my monument, keep my hand outside so the world knows who won the world had nothing in hand when died"

The person who conquered the whole world thought that life was ultimately worthless, why do you think your life wont be?

JabbaDaHutt30

[QUOTE="mindstorm"][QUOTE="Stranger_4"]why do you think your life wont be? blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="Stranger_4"]

"Bury my body, don't build my monument, keep my hand outside so the world knows who won the world had nothing in hand when died"

The person who conquered the whole world thought that life was ultimately worthless, why do you think your life wont be?

JabbaDaHutt30

Or, at least, that's MY interpretation :P

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="mindstorm"] *cough* Jesus is eternal unlike the things of the earth *cough*mindstorm