Aristotle and Alexander: Two Perspectives on Globalization

... noble idealism with Aristotle’s rational democracy and political pluralism could usher in radically new development directions for our world Even the Mayor in Gogol’s Inspector General , not being the sharpest tool in the shed, acknowledged that Alexander the Great was a hero, although he cautioned against proving this statement by destroying government property. Indeed, Alexander the Great was the first to attempt the heroic feat of uniting the entire ecumene known to Europeans in BC 334–323....