Aristotle And Thucydides Similarities

The Classical Greek Political Thought deeply focused on structuralizing the political institutions and perfected the allocation of functions among them. Whereas, Thucydides and Aristotle are two distinct personas who dedicated time to craft what is for them the relative best and grasping the truth for the early city-states. Providing a comparison between two identities requires a thorough research with regard to philosophy in life, technique in constructing arguments, and their contributions to the world, in politics to be exact. The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis with regard to the similarities and differences between the two aforementioned names. To argue, the researcher will provide discourse regarding six major
(Kreis, 2009). His education primarily shaped the course of his perception and writing skills, hence his book History of the Peloponnesian War. The development of Athens during the middle of the 5th century was, in itself, the best education which such a mind as that of Thucydides could have received (Halsall, 1999). Considering the fact that information about the life of Thucydides is limited, his famous work History of the Peloponessian War which commenced from 431-404, belongs to the limited materials that provided details about him. Toward the end of book 4, referring to himself as the son of Oloros, he tells us that he was a general in 424, stationed in Thasos, off the coast of Thrace (History of the Peloponnesian War, 1998). He subtly revealed his own identity and perceptions through passages in his book. All throughout his life, Thucydides confined himself with the territorial boundaries of Athens rather than exploring the peripheries of it. Aside from the fact that he described city-states only in a limited sense because he has no access for information, he dedicated his book praising the vastness of glory that Athens once