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8 timestamped hits 2 source readings 3 extracted notes Aliases: glories, glory, personal-glories

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personal glory

The son's motive for fame, admiration, and proving superiority over the father.

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Jiang's moral diagnosis of Caesar's campaign in this lecture.

diagnosis

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.

Analytical model introduced in this lecture.

model

The son promotes loyalty and personal friends rather than merit because he cares about obedience and personal glory more than the father's vision.

Timestamped Evidence

The Viking Memory Machine

2025-03-06, day precision · Civilization #36: Memory of the Norse

Transcript

"...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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