Comments on: Napoleon was lucky https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/napoleon-was-lucky/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/napoleon-was-lucky/comment-page-1/#comment-1100934 Bruce Wed, 15 Jan 2014 23:01:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33900#comment-1100934 “Yes, but is he lucky?” Napoleon famously asked when a general was recommended.

I liked the portrayal of Napoleon in Orson Scott Card’s Alvin Maker series.

]]> By: Marc Pisco https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/napoleon-was-lucky/comment-page-1/#comment-1100708 Marc Pisco Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:13:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33900#comment-1100708 What a load of Gladwellian hooey. If he’d been ten years older or from Paris, he would have brilliantly exploited whatever different opportunities he had, and in retrospect he would look just as favored by fortune as he looks now. Thousands of young officers of his age and roughly his advantages, or much greater advantages, did very much less with what they were given.

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