Thucydides was a Greek historian who‚ throughout his life‚ documented the Peloponnesian war. Around 431 B.C. Thucydides documented a funeral oration delivered to the people of Athens by Pericles. In Pericles’ Funeral Oration‚ Pericles’ praises the dead‚ describes how great Athens is‚ explains why Athens must continue to support the war‚ and tells why Athens must live up to the fallen soldiers of the Peloponnesian war. Pericles’ Funeral Oration tells us multiple things‚ the Funeral Oration gives historians
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Kant and Thucydides‚ make some very significant and contrasting views on the nature of peace and man’s propensity to go to war. Kant‚ writing during the 18th century ‚ and Thucydides‚ an Athenian‚ commentating some 2000 years earlier during the 5th century BC are coming from very different experiences and historical settings. Kant postulates that it is reasonable to live in peace ‚ in a republic where citizens self rule and have ultimate control of their own destiny‚ Thucydides‚ on the other
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speech‚ and Pericles was elected. Pericles was a prominent and influential Greek orator and general of Athens during the period of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Pericles’ funeral oration is a well-known speech written by the historian‚ Thucydides. This speech acknowledges the ancient Athens and provides a unique insight of the Athenian democracy. The central theme throughout the speech expresses the uniqueness and virtue of Athens and its system of government‚ democracy. Pericles mentions‚
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Pericles Funeral Speech: Hype or Truth Several philosophers and thinkers have graced Athens but none probably have described Athens as vividly as Pericles did with his funeral speech delivered in honor of the martyrs of the Peloponnesian War. This speech was given almost a year after the Peloponnesian War started and its purpose was to inspire both the citizens and the army of Athens. In his speech Pericles describes Athens as a flawless state when compared with its contemporaries. Pericles highlighted
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Although The Funeral Oration of Pericles was written around 431 B.C.E. in Athens‚ Greece and Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address was written in 2013 in the United States of America‚ they address many similar topics. A few of these topics consist of civic duty‚ world leadership and dedication. These similar topics can be seen many times throughout the two speeches even though the speeches were made for different reasons. Pericles’s speech eulogized the Athenian soldiers who died in the war against
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Athens was about to experience it’s greatest epoch. A time filled with power and great social and political wealth. All of which was the product of a great man’s work. His name was Pericles. Pericles was born in the year 495 B.C. into a very noble family. He was the nephew of Cleisthenes who founded Athenian Democracy. Pericles lived his whole life in a political environment. When he became involved in Athenian affairs‚ he received a very good reputation. In 462 B.C. he began to dominate the politics
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Abdulaziz Alrediny History (Core 102) 06 – 05 – 2012 Professor: M. Swanson Funeral Oration by Pericles In the Aftermath of the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta‚ Pericles‚ Athens’ general and statesmen‚ delivered a powerfully comforting eulogy to the polis of Athens‚ assuring the people that their city state is in good hands‚ and easing the pain of all the families and relatives of the deceased. He uses several rhetorical devices throughout his speech to gain a positive
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The Styles of Historiography: Herodotus vs. Einhard Herodotus and Einhard write history in two completely different styles. Einhard’s style is about giving specific details‚ while Herodotus’s style is about giving his own personal opinions and information that he has from secondary sources. The biggest effect of the difference amongst the two historian’s style of writing is the fact that Einhard’s history of Charlemagne’s life gives information that makes it seem as if the events were
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eulogy delivered before the Athenians in 431-430 B.C during the Peloponnesian wars‚ Pericles states‚ “we are called a democracy‚ for the administration‚ is in the hands of many and not of the few.” In this quote‚ Pericles is communicating the idea that they are a democracy because the type of government that they have is special to them as well as very inclusive‚ unlike other governments at the time. The eulogy of Pericles should be considered accurate to a moderate extent because while on one hand‚ it
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Confucianism teachings focus on three socially critical topics. These aspects are woven into the Confucian teachings called The Analects. The Analects can be broken down into the four main parts of focus‚ humanity‚ or Jen‚ word-deed‚ propriety and the superior man. These Analects are primarily concerned with the personal‚ and government morality of the people in a given society‚ the correctness of their social relationships‚ and the justice and sincerity within that society as well as within a person.
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