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thucydides' records give an account of what Pericles spoke on one such occasion.... Learning from the speeches 5.... References Introduction Some statements from history leave a powerful impact on us.... Civil war ended the discrimination legally and freed a large section of the society from slavery.... Learning from the speeches The discovery of America represented liberty and equality.... War for any society travels from general to personal level, while the cause of the war is general and applies to the entire society by and large; the death of war heroes is every bit personal to the families and loved ones....
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Name Date Course Section/# Pericles: The Orator, Statesman, Warrior What should first be understood by the reader who is attempting to comprehend the weight and importance of Pericles' “funeral oration” is a basic level of understanding of the man behind the speech.... In this way, this brief analysis will seek to consider the ways in which Pericles skill as an orator contributed to his overall success as a leader/statesman by means of analyzing his use of ethos, logos, pathos, and vision described within the “funeral oration”....
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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Two Questions Question 1 Upon comparing Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" To Thucydides' "Pericles' funeral oration", the audience has the capacity to undoubtedly notice the similarities between the two speeches.... Even though there is a great difference between the periods these two speeches were made, it is clear that Lincoln reiterates Pericles' funeral oration".... In conclusion, the purpose of both Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" To Thucydides' "Pericles' funeral oration" was to honor those who had perished in war Question 2 Friendship as comprehended by the most famous theologians, philosophers, and church illustrates an association in which there is a shared significance in attaining the good....
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However, what makes Waltz different from thucydides is the fact that Waltz realizes that this explanation was not adequate.... Thus his concept of neorealism shuns essentialist beliefs that human nature does not explain international politics, rather rests in aconstant state of amorphous decentralized latency, which arises from mutual lack of trust and everytime the state develops technological and warfare power, which he calls offensive orovertly aggressive so as to create too much of international felling of insecurity, so much so that they are motivated to seize that power and check it to a normal condition....
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In ancient Greece, it has been a compelling tradition to conduct a funeral oration in occurrence of death just like the practice that transpired throughout the world until the contemporary era to commemorate the dead and their deeds when they were still living.... In ancient Greece, it has been a compelling tradition to conduct a funeral oration in occurrence of death just like the practice that transpired throughout the world until the contemporary era to commemorate the dead and their deeds when they were still living....
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This article analyses Pericles speech and the events that Analysis of Thucydides: funeral oration (Greece) al Affiliation Thucydides is a famous speech written by an Athenian leader, Pericles, in the year 399 BC (Terney, 2012).... They celebrate games and sacrifices annually to refresh their minds from all the activities going on (Terney, 2012).... These activities include working to ensure that the produce coming from the rest of the world becomes a harbor to them and their fruits become a luxury to the world (Terney, 2012)....
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By referring to the wars Greeks fighting each other, Athenians against the Spartans, the author gives a radical analysis of the factors that led to the war basing on accounts already presented by thucydides.... Generally, the book is important for any reader who would like to understand the ancient work by thucydides in details.... Kagan particularly takes an issue with thucydides' view... Notable in his argument is that the war must have arisen from the progressive rise of a powerful Athenian empire....
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The writer of this essay "thucydides and Waltz: Comparison" tries to compare the views of thucydides, the Greek historian of ancient times, and Waltz, the founder of neorealism, better known as structural realism, concerning State, War, and Human Nature.... s far as international relations are concerned, thucydides holds the view that his realism is somewhat having quite a strong impact on the overall perception thus created by the analysts, one that discusses the international relations as a result....
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