Thucydides on war and national character
"In this book, Robert D. Luginbill explores Thucydides' concept of national character and its relation to humankind's tendency toward war. He investigates Thucydides' theories on personal and national behavior in times of stress, with an eye for the lessons to be learned in mode…
Thucydides on war and national character
"In this book, Robert D. Luginbill explores Thucydides' concept of national character and its relation to humankind's tendency toward war. He investigates Thucydides' theories on personal and national behavior in times of stress, with an eye for the lessons to be learned in mode…
This text analyses the narrative technique of Thucydides, the historian of the war between Athens and Sparta in the 5th century BC, and exposes harsh truths about how individuals and states behave.
"The scraps of hard evidence are carefully shifted from the putative so as to uncover the probable extent and nature of interpolation in Thucydides. This gives a coarse but firm 'typology, ' which may be of some use in the study of other MS traditions, and clarifies hard passage…
Thucydides has long been celebrated for the unflinching realism of his presentation of political life. And yet, as some scholars have asserted, his work also displays a profound humanity. In the first thorough exploration of the relation between these two traits, Clifford Orwin …
Thucydides has long been celebrated for the unflinching realism of his presentation of political life. And yet, as some scholars have asserted, his work also displays a profound humanity. In the first thorough exploration of the relation between these two traits, Clifford Orwin …
