He could be more fairly categorized as a utilitarian, as his ideas seem to be aimed at promoting the greatest good for the greatest number of people. A number of his key thoughts about society, including the promotion of a scientific body to govern the spread of technological advancement, was anything but socialist.
M -----Original Message----- From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:25 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Your greatest American Einstein was a socialist...takes him off my list. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, June 13, 2003, 12:09:54 PM, you wrote: DT> Stephen Hawking? And I was wondering... didn't Einstein naturalize DT> himself? DT> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:34:29 -0400, Jim Davis DT> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DT> wrote: >> I'd add (off the top of my head): >> >> Carl Sagan >> Isaac Asimov >> Norman Borlaug >> Jim Henson >> >> Jim Davis >> President, http://www.depressedpress.com >> Webmaster, http://www.firstnight.org >> Webmaster, http://www.cfAdvocacy.org >> Senior Consultant, http://www.metlife.com >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:40 AM >>> To: CF-Community >>> Subject: RE: Your greatest American >>> >>> I agree. His reasoning went that the symbol for the country should >>> not >> be >>> a carrion eater. Not a bad thought. >>> >>> But for top Americans, what about: >>> George Washington Carver >>> Clarence Darrow >>> Meriwether Lewis >>> Zebulon Pike >>> Tecumseh >>> Davy Crockett >>> Jesse Owens >>> John Phillips Souza >>> Louis Armstrong >>> Elvis Presley >>> John Jay >>> Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. >>> Jackie Robinson >>> Joe Di Maggio >>> >>> Jerry Johnson >>> >>> >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/13/03 10:29AM >>> >>> ah yes, but does he prefer the wild turkey over the bald eagle as >>> the national bird? !!! >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
