 When troubles had once begun in the cities, those who followed carried the revolutionary spirit further and further, and determined to outdo the report of all who had preceded them, by the ingenuity of their enterprises and the atrocity of their revenges....  Patriotism and Empire - Page 93by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1899 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Eric Voegelin - 2000 - 487 pages
...of the atrocities into which the party struggle between oligarchs and democrats degenerated (3.82): When troubles had once begun in the cities, those...the atrocity of their revenges. The meaning of words no longer had the same relation to things, but was changed by them as they thought proper. Reckless... | |
 | Terrence Gordon - 1994 - 596 pages
...of peace had got completely out of gear, and, says Thucydides, could not be brought back into use - 'The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things, but was changed by men as they thought proper'. The Greeks were powerless to cope with such a situation.... | |
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