I bet this was submitted earlier, and you know the story very well (we are living it). Still it was an interesting listen, and the last sentence almost made me cry.
I bet this was submitted earlier, and you know the story very well (we are living it). Still it was an interesting listen, and the last sentence almost made me cry.
Yeah I agree Caesar represented his class in many typical ways, he was scheming, chasing women, got lots of blood on his hands...anyway to me Parent's central point is not Caesar but exactly that counterpunkt (or 'contrarianism' as you noted) to the image - one of so many - painted by the modern "history", even if it was just an aspect.
I feel he was building his lecture partly as a political speech, and especially towards his final point "...we are they". Naturally we should take it all with a grain of salt, compare to other sources and yadda, you know that well.