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ErikM comments on Every Paul needs a Jesus - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: PhilGoetz 10 August 2014 07:13PM

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Comment author: ErikM 11 August 2014 11:18:12AM *  2 points [-]

Maybe Napoleon could be viewed as the Paul of the French Revolution, molding the French state into a highly successful military power while still keeping some of the principles like the overthrow of king and church? Rousseau and Robespierre seem to me like they were both charismatic radicals with impractical ideas.