Julian, The Emperor

Andrew Zhu (Shudong Zhu)
2 min readAug 16, 2019

To summarize this person’s philosophy, the following should be the most fit, and it can well explain his policy and the lifestyle he adopted.

Eusebius reportedly told Julian that he “must not marvel at any of these things, even as I marvel not, but rather believe that the thing of the highest importance is that purification of the soul which is attained by reason.” — Julian, Emperor

Purification of the soul which is attained by reason, it is a joy to type these words. and this is a great person we can learn from even after 1,500 years. let’s see what he did after…

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