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This entry examines the impact of Thucydides in the Latin West on political thought, from Leonardo Bruni to Hobbes.
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Pade, M. (2018). Thucydides. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_593-1
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