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From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: > Equally right or wrong is he who says that Napolean went to Moscow because he wanted to, and perished because Alexander de
by slowmovintarget 6y ago
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy:
> Equally right or wrong is he who says that Napolean went to Moscow because he wanted to, and perished because Alexander desired his destruction, and he who says that an undermined hill weighing a million tons fell because the last labourer struck it for the last time with his pickaxe. In historic events the so-called great men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but the smallest connection with the event itself.
- onli 6y agoHas been a few years, but War and Peace takes indeed one extreme position in that debate. That's in the whole book, including the chaos of the battles. It's a great perspective, thanks for citing it here.