To imagine that Caesar aspired to do something in the way Alexander did it — and this is what almost all historians have believed — is definitely to give up trying to understand him. Caesar is very nearly the opposite of Alexander. … It is not merely a universal kingdom that Caesar has in view. His purpose is a deeper one. He wants a Roman empire which does not live on Rome, but on the periphery, on the provinces, and this implies the complete supersession of the City-State. It implies a State in which the most diverse peoples collaborate, in regard to which all feel solidarity.


Chapter XIV: Who Rules The World? - The Revolt of the Masses (1929)

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To imagine that Caesar aspired to do something in the way Alexander did it — and this is what almost all historians have believed — is definitely ...

To imagine that Caesar aspired to do something in the way Alexander did it — and this is what almost all historians have believed — is definitely ...

To imagine that Caesar aspired to do something in the way Alexander did it — and this is what almost all historians have believed — is definitely ...

To imagine that Caesar aspired to do something in the way Alexander did it — and this is what almost all historians have believed — is definitely ...