Juls Dadiani

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Juls Dadiani

Painting of Dadiani in 1885, painted a few days before his death
Born 2 July 1855
Klow, Varkana
Died 10 May 1885 (aged 29)
Klow, Varkana
Residence Varkana
Nationality Varkan
Alma mater Klow University
Era 19th-century philosophy
Region Western Philosophy, Varkan philosophy
School Dadianism
Main interests
Politics, economics, philosophy, sociology, religion, history
Notable ideas
TBC

Juls Dadiani (Kartvelian: ჯულს დადიანი; 2 July 1855 – 10 May 1885) was a Varkan philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.

Life[edit | edit source]

Youth (1855–70)[edit | edit source]

Dadiani was born on July 2, 1855, in Klow, to ?? and ?? Dadiani. He grew up in the 6th district of the Varkan capital. Dadiani attended primary school and then, later, secondary school, and showed particular talents in history and language. He also found time to work on poems and musical compositions. In his secondary school years, Dadiani received an important grounding in languages — Aetolian, "Occitan" and "German" — so as to be able to read important primary sources.

Dadiani had a penchant for pursuing subjects that were considered unbecoming. He composed an essay in which he said that "life has no meaning and we are all going to die anyways". The teacher who corrected the essay gave it a good mark but nevertheless convoked his parents to a meeting to discuss what was perceived as their son's suicidal tendencies. After graduation in 1870, Dadiani commenced studies in architecture at the Klow University.

University student and writer (1871–75)[edit | edit source]

In university, he met Ana Kalanda, then a law student, and became close friends. She became a leader in the communist movement and an important influence on the development of Dadiani's ideas. For a short time he and Kalanda became members of the Radical Party. After two semesters he stopped his architectural studies and started to work at a library, working on writing his own novel.

He published his first novel, Revolution, in 1874 at only 19. The critical establishment was generally hostile to the novel; Gamsakhurdia complained of its vulgarity, and Dochanashvili found within it "neither truth nor greatness". Revolution proved popular enough with the masses that it helped promote the Communist Party's popularity. Today the novel remains his most endearingly popular work.

Independent philosopher (1875–81)[edit | edit source]

January Revolution (1882)[edit | edit source]

Death or disappearance[edit | edit source]

He officially died on 10 May 1885 after jumping off a ship in the NAME SEA and never emerging. His body was never found, and his death was declared in the hour by the ship's doctor, Mikheil Javakhishvili. Family and friends in Klow gathered in the Presidential Palace on 15 May 1885 for his state funerals. Several of his closest friends spoke at his funeral, including President Ana Kalanda. Kalanda's speech included the passage:

After the January Revolution, I told him [Dadiani] that the Varkan people would become even harder to govern, to which he replied "I hope so." I know you are watching me with a smile on your face, and for whatever reason you are doing this, I don't hold it against you, dear friend. Know one thing, we love you, Juls. I love you, and thank you for everything.
Ana Kalanda on 15 May 1885 in Klow

Kalanda's words and intensity when she finished her homage to Dadiani created certain rumors. It felt, among those in attendance, like she saw Dadiani in the crowd of mourners, and the way she spoke, looking happy and never once seen crying or sad about her friend's death, made a few believe Dadiani faked his own death and went to his own funerals to then mysteriously disappear. A believer of this theory is the historian Luka Razikashvili, who knew Dadiani well. He argued that "it was the kind of thing he [Dadiani] could very well manage to do and I recall him having such an idea in his youth."

Relationships and sexuality[edit | edit source]

It is widely believe that Dadiani and Ana Kalanda had an affair, and they both remained good friends throughout the years. Luka Razikashvili also supports this belief, although he admits they never showed anything more than very close friendship in public. Both Kalanda and Dadiani never marrying, as well as Dadiani's often late and unexpected visits in the Presidential Palace and testimonies from university friends are arguments in favor of this theory.

Openly bisexual, Dadiani had no shame in talking about his sexuality. In a letter to his brother-in-law Mirza Kalich, he suggested he should consider sharing his sister with another man in an orgy, citing detailed personal experience he had getting in bed with both a man and a woman.

Philosophy[edit | edit source]

Modern slavery[edit | edit source]

Aristocracy[edit | edit source]

Cynism[edit | edit source]

Moral universalism[edit | edit source]

Communalism[edit | edit source]

Sustainability[edit | edit source]

Critique of nationalism[edit | edit source]

Critique of democracy[edit | edit source]

Depictions[edit | edit source]

Art[edit | edit source]

Literature[edit | edit source]

Television[edit | edit source]

Criticism[edit | edit source]

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