Talk:Peak Human Wisdom/@comment-27112369-20160101190353/@comment-4867780-20160321210800

I'm uncertain, Jesus seemed more empathic and kind that truly wise, otherwise he wouldn't have unnecessarily riled up the roman authorities until they nailed him to the cross.

The roman empire was famous for its religious tolerance in conquered provinces, they could believe in any god they want as long as they respected the official pantheon, but Jesus and his followers were uncompromising about Monotheism, and constantly denied/ridiculed the roman gods, so they eventually lost patience and made an example of them.

On the other hand, a number of exceptionally wise historical figures would probably fit, like the Buddha (indian) and Epicure (greek) from about 2500 years ago, and the Dalai Lama from modern days.