Author: Wyvern (---.attbi.com)
Date: 02-08-2003 13:00
Reading your description of Men of Fortune, I couldn't help but think of Frank Abagnale, Jr. (from "Catch Me if You Can"). I suppose Winston Churchill would be considered a Man of Vision. So who would be a real-life example of a Man of Action?
Also, on reflection, I think you need another category for the great scientists and philosphers - those inspired not by the pursuit of a "cause" but by the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. Men of Learning would get to use their advantage when formulating a new idea or figuring out a puzzle. Real-life Men of Learning would include Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci, Newton, Pasteur, Einstein, Hawking and innumerable Greek philosophers; fictional examples are Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger (although you could make an case that Challenger fits equally well into the Man of Action archetype).
Wyvern
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
- William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
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