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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (166623)7/20/2005 2:39:05 PM
From: pompsander  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Bonaparte's comments on Islam (including his alledged conversion) did him a great deal of harm later in Catholic Europe and Ireland, where he was attempting to foster rebellion against the British.



To: Sun Tzu who wrote (166623)7/20/2005 2:41:20 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
This deployment of intellectual resources is considered by some an indication of Bonaparte's devotion to the principles of the Enlightenment,

Supporting that statement..Bonaparte was the first European leader to emancipate the Jews. The guy had positive aspects.

jttmab

P.S. As a side note...Napoleon also invented the "lost and found"


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