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Myron Taylor, in his essay “ Shakespeare ’ s Julius Caesar and the Irony of History ”, compares the logic and philosophies of Caesar and Brutus.

Caesar is deemed an intuitive philosopher who is always right when he goes with his gut, for instance when he says he fears Cassius as a threat to him before he is killed, his intuition is correct.

Brutus is portrayed as a man similar to Caesar, but whose passions lead him to the wrong reasoning, which he realises in the end when he says in V. v. 50 – 51, “ Caesar, now be still :/ I kill ’ d not thee with half so good a will ”.

This interpretation is flawed by the fact it relies on a very odd reading of " good a will " to mean " incorrect judgements " rather than the more intuitive " good intentions.