Genghis Khan vs. Shakespeare?
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- Cowchow
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Not what it sounds like.
Question: how does man truly live forever?
1. By procreating (Genghis Khan and his multiple sons got their rape on and now represent X percentage of the world population)
2. By your actions in life (Shakespeare still lives on and will continue to do so for hundreds and hundreds of years)
Re: Genghis Khan vs. Shakespeare?
Well, Shakespeare wasn't nearly as famous when he died. It really was only a few decades later that he came to be considered as one of the greats, so I guess he couldn't have really enjoyed it.
Genghis, on the other hand, probably died knowing he'd have a massive legacy. Although who knows what his motivations were.
Either way, it's a pretty shallow type of immortality. You're still dead at the end of the day, just like everybody else.
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Re: Genghis Khan vs. Shakespeare?
Genghis isn't remembered today because of all the children he concieved. In fact if that was all he did, the only people what would even care to know his name are scientist that trace common genetic traits.
So both your examples are names that are standing the test of time, because of their actions.
Re: Genghis Khan vs. Shakespeare?
All good things must come to an end. After you die many people believe they will go somewhere in the afterlife a place for them. You don't simply just die!
So Genghis Khan & Shakespeare have left something for the world to remember them by. They are as part of history as you and I are. Years later people may be talking about the Cowchow...
Leo