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The Necessities of War. a Study of Thucydides’ Pessimism
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English
Published/Copyright:
1980
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Attempts to reach the mind of the historian and writer Thucydides, with a particular focus on his pessimism as he works his transformation of the confused experience of events in wartime into an ordered history with lasting lessons for posterity.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION. THUCYDIDES’ OWN EXPERIENCE OF THE WAR
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1. ACCURACY (AKRIBEIA) AND THE PATTERN OF EVENTS METHODOLOGY AND POINT OF VIEW
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2. THE PROGRESS OF PESSIMISM IN THUCYDIDES THE SKETCH OF AN ARGUMENT
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3. THE ARCHAEOLOGY (1.1–23)
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4. COLLECTIVE ACTION TO THE POINT OF WAR
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5. PERICLES
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6. MELOS
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7. ALCIBIADES: A PATRIOT FOR HIMSELF
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8. INDIVIDUALS IN THE TOILS OF WAR: NICIAS AND PHRYNICHUS
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9. HUMAN NATURE AT WAR IN THUCYDIDES
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APPENDIX. HUMAN NATURE IN HOBBES
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NOTES
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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