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Each character answers from their own time โ€” with their convictions, their certainties and their blind spots. Caesar doesn't know about the Ides of March. Freud knows nothing of modern neuroscience. That's what makes the conversations so powerful for learning.

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49 BC
Julius Caesar
History ยท Ancient Rome

Crosses the Rubicon. Conqueror of Gaul. He knows nothing yet of the Ides of March.

Roman RepublicGallic WarsSenate
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1804
Napoleon Bonaparte
History ยท First French Empire

At the height of the Empire. Creator of the Civil Code. For him, Waterloo hasn't happened yet.

First French EmpireCivil CodeNapoleonic Wars
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Vienna, 1900
Sigmund Freud
Psychology ยท Psychoanalysis

Has just published The Interpretation of Dreams. Convinced he has discovered the unconscious.

UnconsciousPsychoanalysisRepression
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Athens, 399 BC
Socrates
Philosophy ยท Ancient Greece

At the time of his trial. He wrote nothing. He answers with questions.

Socratic methodPhilosophyAthenian democracy
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Olympus
Zeus
Mythology ยท Ancient Greece

King of the gods. Master of thunder. He doesn't recognise Jupiter โ€” a Roman impostor.

Greek pantheonCosmogonyIliad
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How does it work?

Each character is anchored in a precise moment. They answer with their own convictions โ€” and their own blind spots.

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Choose a character
Caesar, Napoleon, Freud, Socrates or Zeus โ€” each has their own context.
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Ask your questions
Freely, in English. They answer from their own time, with their certainties.
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Compare perspectives
Set what they say against what history has recorded.

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