Summary of William Bolitho's Twelve Against the Gods

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#1 Alexander the Great was the first person in these studies, because he is a compendium of the subject. He is a prime example of how adventurers are similar to one another, and how they all draw from the same source of energy.

#2 Alexander’s hero-worship of Philip was imitative, but he was also opposed to his father’s likings. He loved to watch boxing and wrestling, but professed a complete detestation for the entire exercise of wrestling.

#3 The story of the taming of Bucephalus is a clear example of the father-son relationship between Philip and Alexander. Philip was extremely proud of his son, and even though he was extremely angry with him, he still admired him.

#4 Alexander’s code of personal conduct was based on the opposition between him and his father. He wanted to cut away everything that could hamper his adventure, and he wanted to deprive himself of everything that might make him feel pleasure.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822514294

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Alexander the Great was the first person in these studies, because he is a compendium of the subject. He is a prime example of how adventurers are similar to one another, and how they all draw from the same source of energy.

#2

Alexander’s hero-worship of Philip was imitative, but he was also opposed to his father’s likings. He loved to watch boxing and wrestling, but professed a complete detestation for the entire exercise of wrestling.

#3

The story of the taming of Bucephalus is a clear example of the father-son relationship between Philip and Alexander. Philip was extremely proud of his son, and even though he was extremely angry with him, he still admired him.

#4

Alexander’s code of personal conduct was based on the opposition between him and his father. He wanted to cut away everything that could hamper his adventure, and he wanted to deprive himself of everything that might make him feel pleasure.

#5

The second human influence on young Alexander was his mother, Olympias. She was a woman of intense ambition, and she loved the mysterious Mysteries of Orpheus and Dionysus.

#6

Alexander the Great was an adventurer, and as a result, he lost his most encumbering trait, his patriotism. He could now separate himself from the most subtle manœuvre of society, the adventurer’s enemy: nationalism.

#7

The first lesson of Olympias is non-nationalism. The second is still less likely to be approved. Plutarch reveals that Olympias dreamed that a thunderbolt fell on her belly, which lit a great fire and extended far and wide before it disappeared.

#8

Alexander the Great was the son of Philip II of Macedon. He was taught by Aristotle, who was the father of them that know, the genius of the matter of fact. He learned about military knowledge, medicinal botany, and poetry.

#9

Alexander’s education and circumstances tended to unite his will. He was determined to conquer the Achaemenian Empire by a Greek, and he believed himself to be an invincible god while he was still using a half-size spear.

#10

The Empire, which Alexander chose as his prize, was the world’s largest and most powerful empire. It was the center of the three old continents, and it had absorbed and held the lands of its august predecessors Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria.

#11

The Macedonian Army was made up of Macedonian peasants, who were the foot companions in a loose phalanx, and the corps of royal footguards, who were more lightly