NettetThucydides. Thucydides, who lived during the second half of the fifth century B.C., is considered the greatest of the ancient Greek historians. His work, The Peloponnesian War, recounts the fifth-century B.C. struggle between Athens and Sparta and is the first piece of historical writing to combine political and ethical reflections with history. NettetThucydides. The Complete Thomas Hobbes Translation with Notes and a New Introduction by David Grene. “Thomas Hobbes’s translation of Thucydides brings …

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NettetTHUCYDIDES AND HOBBES'S STATE OF NATURE George Klosko and Daryl Rice Scholars have long been aware of Thucydides' influence on Thomas Hobbes's political thought. In 1628 Hobbes published a translation of Thucydides' History of the Pelopponsian War} In his prefatory address 'To the Readers', Hobbes discusses the … bololo instructions

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NettetLeviathan and the translation of the History.2 It cannot be forgotten, however, that no matter how analytic Thucydides was ... 5 See, C.W. Brown, Jr., 'Hobbes, Thucydides, and the Linear Causal Perspective', under editorial review in History of Political Thought. 6 Hobbes, Elements of Law, pp. 28-37 (Chapter 9). THUCYDIDES & HOBBES 35 NettetThere is Thucydides the son of Milesias, an Athenian, of the town of Alope, of whom Plutarch speaketh in the life of Pericles; and the same, in all probability, that in the first book of this... NettetHobbes published a translation of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War in 1628, long before publishing his own work on political philosophy. The translation has … gmail add alternate email address