Daily Blog Day 7 – Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Question: Was Alexander the Great a "good leader"? Compare/Contrast with Pericles.
Alexander the Great in my mind was a good leader. In the end, he conquered the entire known world, and you must keep that into consideration, although, this alone is not enough. You must consider the like courage, integrity, bravery, confidence, honor, loyalty, and unselfishness. These few things I listed though do not even come close to all the things that a person needs to be what I would consider a good leader. Remember this all comes down to opinion. You could classify a good leader by how many wars and battles he won, which I am not saying military accomplishments are not part of making a good leader, but that is not the whole picture to me. In fact, if you would have asked different people during that time period they would have very different views on Alexander. Either way, I think Alexander the Great had many of these outstanding attributes and qualities I talked about above. Another way I can tell that Alexander the Great was a good and influential leader is by comparing him to other influential leaders in that period in history. One of these people we could compare him to would be Pericles. Pericles was a prominent and influential statesman. He like Alexander turned a small country into a large empire when he changed the Delian League into the Athenian empire. Plus, also like Alexander he led his countrymen, although Pericles did so in the Peloponnesian War. In all though, they had their differences in thinks like military strategy and reasoning for war. In the end, it comes down to opinion. I personally believe Alexander the Great was a good leader.
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