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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. The Thomas Hobbes Translation Edited by David Grene, with an Introduction by Bertrand de Jouvenel

Typology: Translation | Language: English | Place of publication: Ann Arbor (Michigan) | Publisher: The University of Michigan Press | Year: 1959

Greek Text: no

Content: Complete Work

Two volumes. Translation from Hobbes 1629, revised by Grene. Republished, with a new introduction by David Grene, in 1989 – see Grene 1989. 

Introduction by Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903-1987) political thinker, economist, and writer. Educated in law and the humanities, Jouvenel moved in elite literary and political circles in interwar France and collaborated with several influential journals. During and after World War II, he gained prominence for his work On Power (Du Pouvoir, 1945), a critical reflection on the growth of state authority. He later became active in postwar intellectual and political life, participating in European federalist initiatives and co-founding the Futuribles group.

Related editions:

• Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes secretary to ye late Earle of Deuonshire
• The Peloponnesian War. Thucydides. The Complete Hobbes Translation. With Notes and a New Introduction by David Grene