John Lewis Gaddis Quote
It’s no stretch to say, then, that Thucydides coaches all who read him. For as his greatest modern interpreter (himself a sometime coach) has gently reminded us, the Greeks, despite their antiquity, may have believed things we have either forgotten or never known; and we must keep open the possibility that in some respects, at least, they were wiser than we.
John Lewis Gaddis
It’s no stretch to say, then, that Thucydides coaches all who read him. For as his greatest modern interpreter (himself a sometime coach) has gently reminded us, the Greeks, despite their antiquity, may have believed things we have either forgotten or never known; and we must keep open the possibility that in some respects, at least, they were wiser than we.