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Quotation from The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar

“They wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another, and they think that men by this tenet are in a great degree excited to valour, the fear of death being disregarded”

Julius Caesar (spoken by Caesar (narrator))

The Conquest of Gaul, Book VI.14, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)

Portrait of Julius Caesar

Caesar's account of Druid teaching, which links belief about the soul to courage in battle.

Citation: "They wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another, and they think that men by this tenet are in a great degree excited to valour, the fear of death being disregarded" — Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul, Book VI.14, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-conquest-of-gaul-q5)

Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.

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