How Long to Read Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity

How Long Does it Take to Read Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity by Gregory Crane

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

Description

Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is the earliest surviving realist text in the European tradition. As an account of the Peloponnesian War, it is famous both as an analysis of power politics and as a classic of political realism. From the opening speeches, Thucydides' Athenians emerge as a new and frightening source of power, motivated by self-interest and oblivious to the rules and shared values under which the Greeks had operated for centuries. Gregory Crane demonstrates how Thucydides' history brilliantly analyzes both the power and the dramatic weaknesses of realist thought. The tragedy of Thucydides' history emerges from the ultimate failure of the Athenian project. The new morality of the imperialists proved as conflicted as the old; history shows that their values were unstable and self-destructive. Thucydides' history ends with the recounting of an intellectual stalemate that, a century later, motivated Plato's greatest work. Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity includes a thought-provoking discussion questioning currently held ideas of political realism and its limits. Crane's sophisticated claim for the continuing usefulness of the political examples of the classical past will appeal to anyone interested in the conflict between the exercise of political power and the preservation of human freedom and dignity.

How long is Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity?

Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity by Gregory Crane is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity aloud.

What Reading Level is Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity?

Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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