Thucydides the perspicacious

Aeon published an essay on Monday examining the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, whose account of war is widely misunderstood. The piece challenges a common misconception: that Thucydides believed might makes right. Instead, his analysis identifies a vice common to all states—insights that remain timely today.

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