11-19-2003, 05:06 AM
Quote:</em></strong><hr>What do you think about it? Or it is success that distinguishes unreasoned from ingenious?<hr><br>
I'd tend to go with success distinguishing the man. I think he was very lucky for quite awhile, and then his luck ran out. There is a book called <em>What If?</em> that includes a chapter by Victor Davis Hanson about "what if" Alexander had been killed at Granicus, as he very nearly was. He was saved by "Black" Cleitus - whom he later murdered in a fit of drunken anger. <p></p><i></i>
I'd tend to go with success distinguishing the man. I think he was very lucky for quite awhile, and then his luck ran out. There is a book called <em>What If?</em> that includes a chapter by Victor Davis Hanson about "what if" Alexander had been killed at Granicus, as he very nearly was. He was saved by "Black" Cleitus - whom he later murdered in a fit of drunken anger. <p></p><i></i>