by Thucydides · Hackett · ISBN 9780872201682
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This book presents a selection of Thucydides' work, focusing on his analysis of justice, power, and human nature in the context of the Peloponnesian War. Edited and translated by Paul Woodruff, it offers an essential view of Thucydides' history and thought, exploring key themes such as morality, politics, and the human condition in times of conflict. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.
