{"product_id":"thucydides-and-the-pursuit-of-freedom-hardcover","title":"Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary P. Nichols\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary P. Nichols argues for the centrality of the idea of freedom in Thucydides' thought. Through her close reading of his \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Peloponnesian War\u003c\/i\u003e, she explores the manifestations of this theme. Cities and individuals in Thucydides' history take freedom as their goal, whether they claim to possess it and want to maintain it or whether they desire to attain it for themselves or others. Freedom is the goal of both antagonists in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta and Athens, although in different ways. One of the fullest expressions of freedom can be seen in the rhetoric of Thucydides' Pericles, especially in his famous funeral oration. More than simply documenting the struggle for freedom, however, Thucydides himself is taking freedom as his cause. On the one hand, he demonstrates that freedom makes possible human excellence, including courage, self-restraint, deliberation, and judgment, which support freedom in turn. On the other hand, the pursuit of freedom, in one's own regime and in the world at large, clashes with interests and material necessity, and indeed the very passions required for its support. Thucydides' work, which he himself considered a possession for all time, therefore speaks very much to our time, encouraging the defense of freedom while warning of the limits and dangers in doing so. The powerful must defend freedom, Thucydides teaches, but beware that the cost not become freedom itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary P. Nichols is Professor of Political Science at Baylor University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSocrates on Friendship and Community: Reflections on Plato's Symposium, \u003c\/i\u003ePhaedrus \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Lysis; and \u003ci\u003eCitizens and Statesmen: A Study of Aristotle's Politics\u003c\/i\u003e and cotranslator of \u003ci\u003ePlato's Euthydemus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45928819884229,"sku":"9780801453168","price":124.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/myH0UwyGUF9780801453168.webp?v=1772650750","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/thucydides-and-the-pursuit-of-freedom-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}