Trabajo de grado - Maestría
Understanding rational fear in Thucydides' history
Fecha
2023-08-01Registro en:
instname:Universidad de los Andes
reponame:Repositorio Institucional Séneca
Autor
Bartlett, Gregory Beau
Institución
Resumen
There have been numerous philosophical analyses derived from Thucydides' work for millennia, especially analyses concerning fear, but the problem is that Thucydides described history without evaluating or taking any positions. He did not tell anyone what to do or not to do. Since Thucydides gave us the story without opinion or analysis, it is impossible to accurately know Thucydides' standing on particular issues, especially those related to fear. Moreover, while many writers have given their thoughts on lessons of fear from Thucydides, none of these writings consider whether these are lessons of irrational fear or rational fear. This essay attempts to extract lessons from the History that specifically concern rational fear and its use in decision- making processes.