Concept
Julius Caesar
Overview
Roman general and dictator
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Nevertheless his countrymen, conceding all to his fortune, and accepting the bit, in the hope that the government of a single person would give them time to breathe after so many civil wars and calamities, made him dictator for life. This was indeed a tyranny avowed, since his power now was not only absolute, but perpetual too.
Plutarch, Plutarch
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Notwithstanding all this, they continued loud and tumultuous in their demands of a battle; and when they came to the plains of Pharsalia, forced Pompey to call a council of war. Lebienus, who had the command of the cavalry, rose up first, and took an oath, that he would not return from the battle, till he had put the enemy to flight. All the other officers swore the same.
Plutarch, The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch
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We must attach _some_ meaning to the words we use, if we are to speak significantly and not utter mere noise; and the meaning we attach to our words must be something with which we are acquainted. Thus when, for example, we make a statement about Julius Caesar, it is plain that Julius Caesar himself is not before our minds, since we are not acquainted with him. We have in mind some description of Julius Caesar: 'the…
Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy
Names Julius Caesar several times.
Philosophers who discussed Julius Caesar
- Epicurus
- Philo
- Netherlands
- Plutarch
- Henry David Thoreau
- Giacomo Leopardi
- Posidonius
- Bernard-Henri Lévy
- Titus Pomponius Atticus
- Arius Didymus
- Nigidius Figulus
- Quintus Sextius
- Constantin François Chassebœuf, comte de Volney
Related ideas
- Epilepsy
- Yale University Press
- Turkey
- Fresco
- German language
- Greece
- Harvard University Press
- Cult of personality
- Ancient Greek
- Iberian Peninsula
- Caesarism
- Latin alphabet
- Benito Mussolini
- Tyrant
- Pompeii
- Roman emperor
- Old English
- Plato
- Vatican Museums
- Sulla
- Plutarch
- Roman Empire
- Roman Republic
- Spain
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Epicureanism.