The historical value of speeches in Thucydides In writing his history as a whole‚ it is fair to say that Thucydides has always been praised for his relative historical accuracy‚ be that due to his actual presence at events‚ his use of eyewitness testimony or his noted checking of facts. In style Thucydides kept his narrative sections rather impersonal thereby allowing the story to unfold itself. However‚ to then lay bare what stood behind the narrative‚ the moral possibilities‚ the mistakes
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Compare and contrast Thucydides’ and Socrates’ analyses of the fate of Athenian democracy in war‚ of why the Athenians went to war‚ and of how and why they failed. The Peloponnesian War was the turning point in Athenian hegemony in Ancient Greece. It was fought in 431 B.C. between the Delian League‚ led by Athens‚ and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. According to Thucydides‚ Athens’ imposing hegemonic status and its overwhelming quest for more power made the Peloponnesian War and Athens’s
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Oration on the Dignity of Man Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) was a philosopher of the Renaissance‚ his " Oration on the Dignity of Man " is known as the "declaration of humanism. In his speech‚ Mirandola declare that people is the essence of the universe; destiny is in our own hands and is not subject to any external things.Rrationality‚ free will and noble quality‚ not only can transcend everything but also enter the realm of god. Like other humanists‚ Mirandola did not deny the existence of
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Funeral Assignment I would want my funeral to not be something that everyone comes to and cries at. I want them to remember all the good things I did in life. The songs I would like to be played would have to be “I’m going off to yonder”‚ “crossroads”‚ “it’s all God”‚ and any other song that people know I love. And I would want the songs sung by the people they were wrote by and if those people are not alive then someone from my family could do it. I would want Pastor Marvin Sapp or Pastor Marvin
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to underestimate Xenophon to see him essentially as a continuator of Thucydides? Born in approximately 460 BC and 430 BC‚ Thucydides and Xenophon lived during The Peloponnesian War – a hugely significant and tragic event in Greek history. It is not surprising‚ therefore‚ the influence that it had on their works. The majority of ancient historians would claim that Xenophon’s Hellenica is a undoubtedly a continuation of Thucydides’ The History of The Pelopponesian Wars -“The Hellenica is divided into
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his equals.1” The political views of Thucydides are not blatantly expressed to the reader‚ and are quite difficult to fully understand what his views are. But as explained by his quote‚ the differences of the oligarchy and the democracy are evident‚ and democracy is explained with more of a light on it‚ explaining it as the better option. Thucydides does an excellent job in explaining what is going on at the time‚ but his own opinions of political
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Thucydides is by far the most important of all early historians. He is the most reliable and trustworthy. Throughout this essay I will show how his work contributed to modern history. I will discuss the manner in which Thucydides wrote his history and the importance of it. I will also discuss branches of history in which Thucydides wrote his history such as; the war‚ politics and the plague. Thucydides (c.460-395BC) was born in Athens into what is believed to be a royal family. After proving
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Thucydides vs Plato Thucydides and Plato had contrasting ways in their approach on the good life. Thucydides displays empirical thinking in his studies of human nature and behavior during the Peloponnesian War and Plato displays normative thinking in his books and dialogs in particular "The Republic" Plato views a good life on the ideals that a person has reached happiness. When a person is in a state where they have no desires because they have all love in their life. He believed this
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Throughout the centuries‚ the ancient historians Herodotus and Thucydides have remained dominant figures in terms of historical writing and documentation. Both men wrote about significant wars‚ though they did so in very different‚ yet somehow similar‚ styles. Both authors wanted to maintain methodological order‚ but order was vastly misconstrued between the historians. Therefore‚ it is vital for researchers to compare-and-contrast the two author’s approaches to history to emulate the style of such
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Thucydides has a very realist perception of looking at human nature. He believed that men are only cruel and only concerned with their self-interest. The pursuit of self-interest and greed are the true driving forces behind why decisions are made. The greed that lies within man`s heart is why he relies solely on self-interest because he thinks more about what he is getting from something then how that decision if affecting others. Unless‚ he is directly affected though the impact of the others. Thucydides
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