Thucydides (Author of History of the Peloponnesian War)

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Thucydides

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Thucydides (c. 460 B.C. â€� c. 400 B.C.) (Greek Î˜Î¿Ï…ÎºÏ…Î´Î¯Î´Î·Ï‚ ) 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 gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.
He also has 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, fear and self ...more

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	History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,607 ratings — published -411 — 444 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Justice, Power and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Paul Woodruff (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 922 ratings — published 1874 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Funeral Oration of Pericles by Thucydides, Pericles 4.04 avg rating — 339 ratings — published -431 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy by Thucydides, Johanna Hanink (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Peloponnesian War: Books 1-2 by Thucydides, C.F. Smith (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 267 ratings — published -411 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	History of the Peloponnesian War: Books 5-6 by Thucydides, C.F. Smith (Translator) 4.42 avg rating — 67 ratings — published -400 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peloponnesian War: Book II by Thucydides, Jeffrey Rusten (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 62 ratings — published -411 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Peloponnesian War: Books 7-8 by Thucydides, C.F. Smith (Translator) 4.47 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1923 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Peloponnesian War: Bk 3-4 by Thucydides, C.F. Smith (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 52 ratings — published -400 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”
― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

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“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

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“Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”
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