Plato   Greece : Idealist Philosopher Birth : 428 B.C.  Death : 347 B.C. Plato is considered the father of Western political philosophy. Plato was the pupil of the great Athenian philosopher, Socrates, and so in his philosophical thoughts he is much influenced by him. Plato was born at .a time when Greece was divided into small city states which were suffering from various evils because they were not ruled by...

Adolf Hitler   Germany : Dictator Birth : 1889 Death : 1945 No single individual influenced the course of history in the twentieth century so profoundly as Hitler, though it was an adverse influence. Germany emerged from the World War I as a weak, defeated and humiliated country. However, within years of Hitler’s coming to power Germany became the strongest power of Europe. By his blind policies of conquest, Hitler pushed...