Mises and Thucydides
The famous calculation problem facing centrally planned economies, identified by Ludwig von Mises and his followers, and the famous tragedy of the commons hinted at early on by Thucydides and Aristotle and developed more fully by Garret Hardin, ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the ...
 Simon Hornblower argues for a relationship between Thucydides and Pindar not so far acknowledged in modern scholarship. He argues that ancient critics were right to detect stylistic similarities between these two great exponents of the severe style in [... more]
$38.72
A1 Books |
John Burrow
Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century This unprecedented book by one of Britain's most admired historians describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of history has ... [... more]
Random House |
Apologies to Thucydides: Understanding History as ...
Interesting but heavy on jargon: Marshall Sahlins uses two seemingly unrelated episodes in history to question the narrative form of historiography with which we all grew up. He compares the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Greece with the nineteenth [... more]
$30.00
Amazon.com |
The Landmark Thucydides
The Landmark Thucydides by Robert Srassler: You should buy the hardcover book and not the paperback edition of this book. The paperback edition falls apart when you read it. This translation of Thucydides's history of the Peloponnesian War is outstanding. [... more]
$45.00
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Thucydides and the Philosophical Origins of History
Book Description: In this study, Darien Shanske analyzes the difficult language and structure of Thucydides' History and argues that the text has drawn in so many readers into its distinctive worldview precisely because of its kinship to the contemporary [... more]
$101.00
Amazon.com |
Hobbes's Thucydides
Greatest of All Greek Historians: The greatest of all Greek historians was the Athenian general Thucydides (455-400 B.C.E.). Thucydides' classic work, "History Of The Peloponnesian War", provides us with the historical framework for 5th century [... more]
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The complete writings of Thucydides: The Peloponnesian ...
Greatest of All Greek Historians: The greatest of all Greek historians was the Athenian general Thucydides (455-400 B.C.E.). Thucydides' classic work, "History Of The Peloponnesian War", provides us with the historical framework for 5th century [... more]
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the ...
Amazon.com Review: Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the great books in the Western tradition, as well as its first true historical narrative. Editor Robert Strassler has annotated this classic text to make it more accessible to [... more]
$25.95
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Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book II (Cambridge ...
Nice way to learn difficult Greek: Thuc is generally acknowledged as being a difficult writer to read, especially for students only a few years into their studies, but this edition eases the reader into his style. Copious notes aid the reader with the [... more]
$39.99
Amazon.com |
Classic Greek Stories From Thucydides
Author: Thucydides Author: H.L. Havell Binding: Kindle Edition Format: Kindle Book Publication Date: 2008-03-17 [... more]
$0.99
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Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War, IV, Books ...
Greatest Of All Greek Historians: The greatest of all Greek historians was the Athenian general Thucydides (455-400 B.C.E.). Thucydides' classic work, "History Of The Peloponnesian War", provides us with the historical framework for 5th century [... more]
$24.00
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