Mortality and Statesmanship: From Thucydides to the Modern Era

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Brief Overview

This paper examines the impact of mortality on institutions, statesmanship, and society at large. Using Thucydides as a backdrop, I place Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Heidegger into a dialogue to show the pertinence of death in all human affairs.

Author

• Rachel Wagner, Christopher Newport University