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A   New Thucydides, again

12/3/2021

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​Paul Woodruff has donned his surgeon’s gown and performed a very useful operation on Thucydides –  doubly useful, actually. First, he has translated large  portions of the history into credible English.  Second, he has provided  useful summaries of the portions he has excised.  The result is a truly readable Thucydides, especially valuable for those reading him for the first time, but also for those who wish to focus on his thinking about war, justice and human nature. A second edition of . The Essential Thucydides: On Justice Power and Human Nature is now out from Hackett Press::  
(https://www.hackettpublishing.com/the-essential-thucydides-on-justice-power-and-human-nature-second-edition-4455/ Woodruff’s adroit selection helps  us focus on   Thucydides accomplishments as a thinker. not just as a chronicler of a long and often brutal war.
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