You said that figures like Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great had great lives.

I said that in many ways they did — lives full of conquest, ambition, power, danger, and influence on history. Their names survived for centuries, which makes their lives seem larger than ordinary human existence.

But there’s another side:

Alexander conquered huge territories before age 33, then died young and exhausted. His empire quickly fractured after his death.

Genghis Khan built one of the largest empires ever, but his campaigns also brought massive destruction and suffering.


Then you asked: “Where are they now?”

And the point was: They’re gone.

Despite all their power, armies, fame, and achievements, they died like everyone else. Time erased most of what once felt unstoppable. What remains now are mostly names, stories, and historical impact.

The deeper idea was that death equalizes everyone eventually. So the important question becomes less about temporary power and more about what actually lasts after a person is gone — whether that’s influence, ideas, family, creations, or the effect they had on other people.

One more powerful moment from Apology:
Socrates was offered chances to save himself if he stopped philosophizing and questioning society. He refused.
His attitude was basically: “It is better to die staying true to what I believe than live comfortably by abandoning it.”

Eid Mubarak to everyone

The strongest phase is when you keep behaving exactly the same after a great day as you do after a bad day.

Bacteria is the prime example how you can achieve great things with minimum resources just the way a single cell containing bacteria kills a trillion cell containing human

It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."
Socrates