Bonjour mes Amis,

While I was going through some status on my WhatsApp account this morning I saw a picture posted by one of my friends. I must say I was really captivated by the picture and I had to stare at it for some minutes to try and the meaning of what the picture was supposed to be communicating. Though I have my own thoughts on this (which I will share here), I like to hear your opinion concerning this picture.

Introduction

For those of us that are may not know the persons represented in the picture above, I'll do a quick and shallow introduction of them, then you can do more research and read on them by yourself.

Socrates; He was a Greek philosopher That came from Athens. This man was a very intelligent person of his time and he is what you can call the father and founder of western philosophy. His extraordinary and out-of-this-world thinking birthed philo-sophia, naturalism and science itself. He had some disciples under him whom he taught. The most outstanding students of his is Plato and Xenophon and although he spent most of his years in prison for charged as a man that spreads impiety and corruption among the youths and died in the prison refusing to ways of escaping from prison, he is regarded as a pioneer of deep thinking and fore runner of idealism.

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Plato: A bright student of Socrates. He was also of the Athen origin and a good student of Socrates. One thing that differentiate him from Socrates and philosophers of his time was the ability to ascribe terms to certain words. You can call him the inventor of dictionary words😂 He was also the one that started the first academy which we can call the first western university today. He also started the metaphysical aspect of philosophy.

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Aristotle: He was a brilliant student of Plato. An highly intelluctual person. He was from Stagira, Northen Greece. He founded the Lyceum, the peripatetic school of philosophy and the Aristotelian tradition. His books covered a lot of subjects such as physics, biology, metaphysics, zoology, music, etc. He is called a lot of things such as: "the father of logic", "the father of biology", "the father of political science", "the father of zoology", "the father of embryology", "the father of natural law", "the father of scientific method", "the father of rhetoric", "the father of psychology", "the father of realism", "the father of criticism", "the father of individualism", "the father of teleology", and "the father of meteorology".

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Alexander the great: He was the son of Philip II who succeeded his father's throne. He was a king of ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon. He ascended the throne at the age of 20 and conquered the so many cities and empires stretching from Greece to Northwest India. He conquered the whole of western Asia and Egypt. Due to his military campaign and unparalleled victories he is referred to as the history greatest and most successful military commander.

He was tutored by Aristotle himself. It most be noted that his vast military campaigns brought about ethnic diversification and the Hellenistic tradition been woven into the fabrics of the culture of his conquered cities. This Hellenist tradition brought about the inclusion of Hellenistic Judaism amongst other religions

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Photo speaks

So, there you have them, the 'legends' that shook the world and shape education and intentions as we know it today.

Now, coming back to the picture, I think what this picture depicts is the unilateral transfer of Knowledge, thoughts, ambition and intentions from a custodian to another. It also explains the infamous adage "the end justifies the means". The reason been that every great man was taught by a similar though parallel great man. But this creates a kind of thought in my heart as I write this article:

"If every great man was tutored by another great man (who himself was taught by another intellectual man thereby creating a kind of chain), who tutored the first man?".

Well, I don't think the answer is far off, since nature, inquisitiveness and reasoning as been known to be the best teachers.

Anyways, since man have to depend on another man's achievement to create or carve out is own thoughts and adventure (with the first man being an exception of course), then it will be utterly foolish of anyone to sit under just anybody to learn. Truth is in a way, we all are a product of the knowledge or teachings we have exposed our self to. So, if I sit for long under a fool, even though I have the nature of been wise (or an in-built capacity to be wise), the minimum image I and Everything about me will mirror is foolishness. So also, he a fool sits under a wise man, over time the wisdom of the man will begin to rub on the fool therefore mirroring what humans will perceive and wisdom.

Hence, it is highly important you know where you are feeding from whether from a spring of folly or ambition or wisdom or speculations. The earlier you know the better for you. KNOWLEDGE THEY, SAY IS POWER BUT THE SOURCE OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS REALLY POWER!

Accolades of Thanksgiving for reading this article. I hope you found it of great importance.