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... shows the influence of Aristotle . In Book III , 6 , 7 , Polybius distinguishes between his- torical causes of wars and the occasions or pretexts , and complains that preceding historians have not perceived this difference in all cases ...
... shows the influence of Aristotle . In Book III , 6 , 7 , Polybius distinguishes between his- torical causes of wars and the occasions or pretexts , and complains that preceding historians have not perceived this difference in all cases ...
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... shows the spirit of his age and employs a crowd of abstract words and technical expres- sions which philosophy and science had introduced into the current language . 38 Worse still , he uses weak synonyms and even words that may be ...
... shows the spirit of his age and employs a crowd of abstract words and technical expres- sions which philosophy and science had introduced into the current language . 38 Worse still , he uses weak synonyms and even words that may be ...
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... shows wider vision than ordinary . The author of the Cronica di Bologna shows evident knowledge of events con- nected with the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and attributes the capture of the city to the avarice of the clergy in not ...
... shows wider vision than ordinary . The author of the Cronica di Bologna shows evident knowledge of events con- nected with the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and attributes the capture of the city to the avarice of the clergy in not ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 3 |
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY | 21 |
THE ALEXANDRIAN AND POSTALEXANDRIAN EPOCH | 41 |
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