He was the author of many books, including francis bacon and thucydides. Wilson professor of history emeritus at the university of rochester and a fellow of the shannon center for advanced studies at the university of virginia and the american academy of arts and sciences. This book is a concise, readable introduction to the greek author thucydi. Thucydides isbn 97806918800 pdf epub perez zagorin ebook. Hobbes and the law of nature by perez zagorin, hardcover.
Thucydides ebook by perez zagorin 9781400826797 rakuten kobo. By continuing to use the site, you accept these cookies. As a general in the peloponnesian war he failed 424 bc to prevent the surrender of the city of amphipolis to the spartan commander brasidas and was exiled until the end of the war. Hometown hero if you are into greek history, anyway.
Thucydides by perez zagorin overdrive rakuten overdrive. While watching some football, i finished reading perez zagorins thucydides. The following chapters deal with thucydides portrayal of the athenian leader pericles and his account of some of the main episodes of the war, such as the revolution in corcyra and the athenian invasion of sicily. An introduction for the common reader has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. His book, written in the fifth century bce, is one of the supreme classic works of greek and western civilization that continues to speak to us from across the vast gulf of the past. Jan 16, 2009 perez zagorin answers this question by examining thucydides landmark history of the peloponnesian war, one of the great classics of western civilization. His choice of topics is expert, as is his treatment of different scholarly views. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read how the idea of religious toleration came to the west. A university of rochester emeritus professor of history, perez zagorin, has written a book on thucydides titled thucydides. This book is a concise, readable introduction to the greek author thucydides. Thucydides isbn 97806918800 pdf epub perez zagorin.
Perez zagorin, 88, a leading historian of the 17thcentury english revolution and a critic of marxist interpretations of history, died april 26 at george washington university hospital of. Perez zagorin perez zagorin, 88, a leading historian of the 17thcentury english revolution and a critic of marxist interpretations of history, died sunday, april 26, 2009, at george washington. The first half of zagorin s book discusses the intellectual and historical background to thucydides work and its method, structure, and view of the causes of the war. Read thucydides an introduction for the common reader by perez zagorin available from rakuten kobo. Zagorin argues the work is more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between athens and sparta, being also a story of politics, decisionmaking, the uses of power, and the human and communal experience of war. List of books and articles about thucydides online.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Perez zagorin answers this question by examining thucydides landmark history of the peloponnesian war, one of the great classics of western civilization. Perez zagorin this book is a concise, readable introduction to the greek author thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Perez zagorin author of how the idea of religious toleration. This history, zagorin explains, is far more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between. Zagorin concludes his book with a reflection on thucydides as a. Apr 26, 2009 perez zagorin may 20, 1920 april 26, 2009 was an american historian who specialized in 16th and 17thcentury english and british history and political thought, early modern european history, and related areas in literature and philosophy. Holoka of eastern michigan university, says the book will be most useful to an audience of undergraduates and other intellectually curious people, and that zagorin. List of books and articles about thucydides online research. Of all the historians of war past or present, the ancient greek thucydides, author of the history of the peloponnesian war, is the most celebrated and admired. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read thucydides. Perez zagorin, 88, a leading historian of the 17thcentury english revolution and a critic of marxist interpretations of history, died sunday, april 26, 2009, at george washington university hospital of complications following openheart surgery. An introduction for the common reader offers an engrossing intellectual appreciation of the most important and most difficult historian in the western cultural tradition. This history, zagorin this book is a concise, readable introduction to the greek author thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time.
An introduction for the common reader by perez zagorin princeton university press, 2005. Zagorin concludes the book with a chapter on thucydides as a realist and naturalist, as a writer who sees men, human affairs, and the world as they are, without illusion or selfdeception and who regards events, mens actions, and the physical world itself as all part of the natural order and subject to some extent. An introduction for the common reader perez zagorin. The peloponnesian war was fought, with a brief intermission about a third of the way in, for twentyseven years, the citizens of athens vibrant democracy arrayed, together with their allies, against the plodding but fearsome spartan military machine and its allies. Oct 17, 2005 while watching some football, i finished reading perez zagorins thucydides. Perez zagorin answers this question by examining thucydides. He also deploys his considerable knowledge of the seventeenthcentury context of hobbess thinking. Buy thucydides by perez zagorin from waterstones today. How the idea of religious toleration came to the west by. Perez zagorin may 20, 1920 april 26, 2009 was an american historian who specialized in 16th and 17thcentury english and british history and political thought, early modern european history, and related areas in literature and philosophy. This is an ideal overview of thucydides, which at times is as gripping as thucydides himself.
A history of political thought in the english revolution 1954. How the idea of religious toleration came to the west ebook written by perez zagorin. This history, zagorin explains, is far more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between athens and sparta, the. How the idea of religious toleration came to the west perez. Perez zagorin, 88, historian of revolution, political unrest. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. This book is a concise, readable introduction to the greek author thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Perez zagorin obituary washington, district of columbia. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The first half of zagorins book discusses the intellectual and historical background to thucydides work and its method, structure, and view of the causes of the war. Zagorin brings almost the entire hobbesian corpus to bear, as well as a great deal of the scholarly literature on hobbes of the past several decades.
An introduction for the common reader both princeton. An introduction for the common reader ebook written by perez zagorin. This book is a concise, readable introduction to the greek author thucydides, who is. After his death, thucydidess history was subdivided into eight books. In this biographyexegesis, zagorin offers some insight into thucydides and his history of the peloponnesian war. An introduction for the common reader by perez zagorin. This book is a concise, readable introduction to the greek author thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the our site uses cookies to offer you the best service possible. An introduction for the common reader offers rhetorical scholars an extended version of the contextualizing overviews that accompany most translations of the. An introduction for the common reader and how the idea of religious toleration came to the west both princeton. This history, zagorin explains, is far more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between athens and sparta, the two superpowers of greece in the fifth century bce. Author of rebels and rulers, 15001660, a history of political thought in the english revolution, court and the country, milton, aristocrat and rebel, court, country, and culture, ways of lying, how the idea of religious toleration came to the west, milton.
This book is a concise, readable introduction to the greek author thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the forem. Hobbes and the law of nature by perez zagorin overdrive. An introduction for the common reader 2005, a nonspecialist work on thucydides s history of the peloponnesian war. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading thucydides. An introduction for the common reader kindle edition by zagorin, perez.
An introduction for the common reader by zagorin, perez isbn. Perez zagorin addresses the main points in thucydides with sound judgment and estimable intelligence. Wilson professor of history emeritus at the university of rochester. Perez zagorin answers this question by examining more. Hobbes and the law of nature is a significant contribution. In this highly unusual interpretation, perez zagorin traces the theory and practice of religious leaders, philosophers, intellectuals, and men of letters who used deception to cloak. The religious persecution and intellectual intolerance of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries compelled many heterodox groups and thinkers to resort to misdirection, hidden meaning, secrecy, and deceit.
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