On the Philosophic Character of Tacitus’s Imperial Political History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20058684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James H Nichols (0000-0002-3652-1612, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 65-77 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Political Philosophy Cross-Examined (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137299635_6 |
| OpenAlex | W2346181643 |
| ISBN | 9781137299635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Tacitus has traditionally been judged to be not just a chronicler of events but a serious thinker and even a political philosopher. Machiavelli cited him with the deepest respect, referring, for example, to a "golden verdict" of Tacitus.1 Hobbes devoted one of his earliest writings to the first four chapters of Tacitus's Annals.2 Montesquieu, referring to Tacitus's Germany, said that the work is brief, but "it is the work of Tacitus, who abbreviates everything because he sees everything."3 Gibbon characterized him as attaining the ideal of a philosophic historian.4KeywordsPolitical SciencePolitical KnowledgeMoral PurposePractical PhilosophyHistorical WritingThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Art · Character (mathematics) · Literature · Political science · Politics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |