Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Littlefield Adams Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780822630388ISBN:0822630389
Description: As New with no dust jacket. 0822630389. Crisp, new copy with slightest of wear. "Herodotus's principal lessons. are the principle of human life's uncertainty and the somewhat inconsistent principle that the divine power will see to it that injustice receives-eventually-its due punishment. He applies these principles to everyone, making no distinction between individuals and nations. "; 224 pages. read more
Description: Fine, cover is clean, immaculate text, sound binding. Fine. As scholars have observed and analyzed Herodotus's sophistication, the father of history has been recognized as a complex and profound moral historian. How would Herodotus's contemporaries have responded to his recounting of the past? And what enduring lessons does Herodotus have for us? James A. Arieti attempts to discover, as far as possible, Herodotus's purpose in writing, and reveals how in the "History of the Persian Wars" ... read more
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