History of the Peloponnesian War
At the outset of the History, Thucydides indicates his general conception of his work and states the principles which governed its composition. His pains to make the History of the Peloponnesian War scrupulously accurate in its facts, as well as answering to a higher sense of literary composition, has made it an exemplar of historical journalism for over two millennia. At the very beginning of the war between Athens and Sparta, he was of the conviction that it would prove more important than any event the Greeks had yet recorded. So far as the language of the speeches is concerned, Thucydides plainly avows that his own, adhering as closely…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-934255-05-6
- EAN: 9781934255056
- Produktnummer: 2864499
- Verlag: Digital Pulse Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.0 cm 541 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 541
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Thucydides (c.¿ 460 - c.¿ 400 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities, as outlined in his introduction to his work.Thucydides has also been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the political behavior of individuals and the subsequent outcomes of relations between states as ultimately mediated by, and constructed upon, the emotions of fear and self-interest. His text is still studied at universities and military colleges worldwide. The Melian dialogue is regarded as a seminal work of international relations theory, while his version of Pericles' Funeral Oration is widely studied by political theorists, historians, and students of the classics. More generally, Thucydides developed an understanding of human nature to explain behaviour in such crises as plagues, massacres, and civil war.
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