On Justice, Power and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Paul Woodruff

On Justice, Power and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides, Paul Woodruff

172 pages first pub 1874 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
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Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language and culture, this collection of extracts from The History of the Peloponnesian War includes those passages that shed most light on Thucydides’ political theory--famous as...

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