How Long to Read The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato

How Long Does it Take to Read The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato by John T. Hogan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

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John T. Hogan’s The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato assesses the roles of Pericles, Alcibiades, and Nicias in Athens’ defeat in Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War. Comparing Thucydides’ presentation of political leadership with ideas in Plato’s Statesman as well as Laches, Charmides, Meno, Symposium, Republic, Phaedo, Sophist, and Laws, it concludes that Plato and Thucydides reveal Pericles as lacking the political discipline (sophrosune) to plan a successful war against Sparta. Hogan argues that in his presentation of the collapse in the Corcyraean revolution of moral standards in political discourse, Thucydides shows how revolution destroys the morality implied in basic personal and political language. This reveals a general collapse in underlying prudential measurements needed for sound moral judgment. Furthermore, Hogan argues that the Statesman’s outline of the political leader serves as a paradigm for understanding the weaknesses of Pericles, Alcibiades, and Nicias in terms that parallel Thucydides’ direct and implied conclusions, which in Pericles’ case he highlights with dramatic irony. Hogan shows that Pericles failed both to develop a sufficiently robust practice of Athenian democratic rule and to set up a viable system for succession.

How long is The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato?

The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato by John T. Hogan is 375 pages long, and a total of 95,625 words.

This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 117% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 42 minutes to read The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato aloud.

What Reading Level is The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato?

The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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