Well I think I will break from religious slant and argue that Aristotole was that the most influential man ever. Aristitilian ideas were adopted by the early catholic church as well as the muslim religion. Although we may not consider Aristotole much today, the foundations that he laid in philosophy are the bases of much of our culture today. There is even some evidence that his work made it into asia and was influential there as well. Just playing devils advicate more than anything because it would nice to think that a philosopher was the most influential person.
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