Download or read book An Essay on the National Character of the Athenians written by John Brown Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the National Character of the Athenians and the Causes of Those Peculiarities by which it was Distinguished written by John Brown Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thucydides on War and National Character written by Robert Luginbill and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparta vs. Athens. Why did the Spartans win and the Athenians lose the Peloponnesian War? Or a better question from Thucydides' perspectives, just how did Athens, at the height of her imperial power, manage to snatch such a decisive defeat from the jaws of all but certain victory? To learn from history one must first understand that all history is rooted in human nature, and for prospective leaders, answering the question "How do nations fight?" is at least as important as questions of necessity, inevitability, strategy and resources. Thucydides was the first to demonstrate that the critical historical role played by each nation's unique national character - and the extent to which its leadership can control and direct it - is the decisive element upon which victory and defeat in war always turns. What made the national character of the Spartans so different from that of the Athenians? How did these characteristics influence each side's conduct of the war, and did these disparate tendencies - Sparta conservatively fearful to maintain her position and Athens bent on further imperial acquisition at all costs - make the Peloponnesian War inevitable and its outcome a foregone conclusion? In Thucydides on War and National Character, the author explores and explains the systematic theory of collective psychology and war leadership set forth in the History, a unique set of insights meant to demonstrate in Thucydides' treatment of the war how the historical behavior of nations is biologically rooted in human nature - and how strong leaders are able to direct the collective national psyche which derives from its innate tendencies, while weak leaders react to its fickle ebbs and flows . It was the delineation of these principles in the case study of the Peloponnesian War that Thucydides felt made his work "a possession for all time".
Download or read book An Essay on the National Character of the Athenians A new edition with large additions and illustrations prepared for publication by the author some time before his death To which is prefixed a biographical notice written by John Brown PATTERSON and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Essay on the National Character of the Athenians written by John Brown Patterson and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book A Rejected Essay on the National Character of the Athenians and the Causes of Those Peculiarities by which it was Distinguished written by Athenians and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book On the National Character of the Athenians and the Causes of Those Peculiarities by Which It Was Distinguished written by John Brown Patterson and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book A Rejected Essay on the National Character of the Athenians and the Causes of Those Peculiarities by which it was Distinguished written by University of St. Andrews. Library. Donaldson Collection and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Essay on the National Character of the Athenians Prepared for Publication by the Author Some Time Before His Death written by John Brown Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Essay on the National Character of the Athenians By John Brown Patterson M A With Large Additions and Illustrations Prepared for Publication by the Author Some Time Before His Death To Which is Prefixed a Biographical Notice written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Greeks written by Paul Cartledge and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2002-10-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an original and challenging answer to the question: 'Who were the Classical Greeks?' Paul Cartledge - 'one of the most theoretically alert, widely read and prolific of contemporary ancient historians' (TLS) - here examines the Greeks and their achievements in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the supposedly objective historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Many of our modern concepts as we understand them were invented by the Greeks: for example, democracy, theatre, philosophy, and history. Yet despite being our cultural ancestors in many ways, their legacy remains rooted in myth and the mental and material contexts of many of their achievements are deeply alien to our own ways of thinking and acting. The Greeks aims to explore in depth how the dominant group (adult, male, citizen) attempted, with limited success, to define themselves unambiguously in polar opposition to a whole series of 'Others' - non-Greeks, women, non-citizens, slaves and gods. This new edition contains an updated bibliography, a new chapter entitled 'Entr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others', and a new afterword.
Download or read book On the National Character of the Athenians and the Causes of Those Peculiarities by which it was Distinguished An Essay which Gained the Prize of One Hundred Guineas Proposed to the Students of the University of Edinburgh by His Majesty s Commissioners for Visiting the Universities and Colleges of Scotland By John Brown Patterson A M written by and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What s Wrong with Democracy written by Loren J. Samons and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-04-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is unlike any recent work I know of. It offers a challenging, often refreshing, and what will certainly be a controversial assessment of classical Athenian democracy and its significance to modern America. Samons is willing to tread where few other classicists are willing to go in print. He reminds readers that the Athenian democracy offers just as many negative lessons as positive ones, and topics like the popular vote, the dangers of state payments to individual citizens, the naturally acquisitive foreign policy of democratic governments, and the place of religion in democracy all come up for discussion and criticism. Samons has written an original and very provocative book."—James Sickinger, author of Public Records and Archives in Classical Athens "Professor Samons' lively and challenging account of ancient Athens raises important questions about democracy, ancient and modern. It will surely arouse keen interest and debate."—Donald Kagan, author of The Peloponnesian War "In this elegantly written, carefully researched, and perceptive book, Samons presents a penetrating analysis of ancient Athenian democracy's dark sides. His book is as much about the errors and weaknesses of our own political system as it is about those of ancient Athens. Whether or not we agree with his critique and conclusions, this book is not merely thought-provoking: it is annoyingly discomforting, forcing us to re-examine firm beliefs and to discard easy solutions."—Kurt A. Raaflaub, author of Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece "In this marvelously unfashionable book, Samons debunks much of what passes in the current-day academy as scholarship on classical Athens, demonstrating that it is an ideologically-driven apology for a radically defective form of government. In the process, he casts light on the perspicacity of America's founding fathers and on the unthinking populism that threatens in our own day to ruin their legacy."—Paul A. Rahe, author of Republics Ancient and Modern: Classical Republicanism and the American Revolution "We are in the greatest age of democracy since antiquity and in the most need of guidance about the wisdom of government by majority vote. Precisely for that reason Professor Samons offers a bold and unbridled look at the nature and history of democracies, ancient and modern. He reminds us that we are capable of doing as much evil as good when constitutional protections and republican oversight are not there to moderate the instant desires of the majority. This is an engaging, provocative, and timely study of ancient Athens and modern America that should serve as a cautionary reminder to both romantic scholars and zealous diplomats."—Victor Davis Hanson, author of The Other Greeks
Download or read book Democracy and Participation in Athens written by R. K. Sinclair and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public aspects of the lives of Athenian citizens (c. 450 to 322 BC.) are assessed to establish the nature and extent of citizen participation in the governing democracy of that period.
