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The son's motive for fame, admiration, and proving superiority over the father.
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personal glory
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...great conquerors. They killed a lot of people for their own personal glory. Why would Alexander the Great be in here, the circle of..."
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Jiang describes Caesar's Gallic campaign as genocidal and undertaken for personal glory, with Caesar claiming to kill, enslave, and spare a million Gauls each.
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The son promotes loyalty and personal friends rather than merit because he cares about obedience and personal glory more than the father's vision.
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"...committed genocide against the Gauls. And it was all for his personal glory. And he was starting all these wars in Gaul in order..."
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"...his vision what drives the son usually it's the idea of personal glory okay he's very selfish you understand he wants to be remembered..."
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"about the personal glory why would the son put personal glory first and first think about his psychology what drives him what does he..."
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"...great conquerors. They killed a lot of people for their own personal glory. Why would Alexander the Great be in here, the circle of..."
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"...Force by Navy Seals who are interested only in their own personal glory. Okay. I'm not saying I'm not saying all of them but..."
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"...the Iliad Achilles tells everyone I am in Troy to seek personal glory I don't care about the Greeks I don't care about Helen..."
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"...about the public good. All he cares about is his own personal glory. And he's got a reputation for this. He's also got a..."
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"...will be very selfish, because the son will be focused on personal glory not And the reason why is the son is insecure, right?..."
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"...wealth. You want to promote your friends. Right? And you want personal glory. But Philip wanted to change the world. And so you can't..."
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