I red Benjamin Franklins biography written by Walter Isaacsson. I really enjoyed reading it. Since he did so much and lived for so long, the book is quite long. Seeing as Benjamin Franklin was a remarkable man, a true inventor, thinker, tinker and scientist it needed to be so. What baffled me after reading this book was how much he accomplished during his stay on this planet. An interesting thing was that he did not seem to have it all planed out how it would end or how he could affect the ways of the world, he just took the opportunities as they arose. He must have been a very smart man in order to be able to adapt and see possibilities in adversity. What I think was one of the biggest contributing factors to his success was his curiosity in so many and diverse matters. What I will try to apply in my own life is his curiosity for the world and the will to help his fellow man. He is the man that coined sayings such as "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". This saying is often used today when speaking about the big brother/surveillance society of today.
He was also a among the first to argue that one way to prevent a cold was regular exercise. He argued that the best way of measuring exercise was to which degree it heated up the body. Many of his theory's have been shown to hold water even later when we have gotten a better insight to what was actually happening. I really encourage you to read this book, you will probably learn quite a lot.
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