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Thucydides

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Thucydides (c. 460 B.C. – c. 395 B.C.) (Greek Θουκυδίδης, Thoukydídēs) was a Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century B.C. war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 B.C. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" due to his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis in terms of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.

He has also been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the relations between nations as based on might rather than right. His classical text is still studied at advanced military colleges worldwide, and the Melian dialogue remains a seminal work ...more

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	History of the Peloponnesian War 3.92 avg rating — 36,648 ratings — published -411 — 1231 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) 3.73 avg rating — 837 ratings — published 1874 — 18 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 4.06 avg rating — 275 ratings — published -431 — 23 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. 1-2 by Thucydides, C.F. Smith (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 243 ratings — published -411 — 13 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) 4.17 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2019 — 9 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. 5-6 by Thucydides, C.F. Smith (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 59 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 Melian Dialogue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 59 ratings — published -411 — 3 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. 7-8 by Thucydides, C.F. Smith (Translator) 4.36 avg rating — 50 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
	The Peloponnesian War, Bk. 2 by Thucydides, Jeffrey S. Rusten (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 51 ratings — published -400 — 52 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) 4.42 avg rating — 45 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

tags: book-1, chapter-20

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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.”
― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

tags: equality, power, rights

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