Herodotus paid specific attention to causation. “His researches are her set down…” Most of evidence was based orally and because of this unreliable way of obtaining information he has been at the end of much criticism. Another reason for his criticism is his leaving of causation on the Gods, as well as fabricating information to support the Gods interference. Herodotus was much ahead of his time. Asking a question, and then finding an answer as to what caused this event to happen.

Thucydides was an Athenian General born in 460BC and died in 400BC he recorded a Military and political history in his book “History of the Peloponnesian War” He like Herodotus has been dubbed the Father of history.

Although Herodotus and Thucydides wrote in a fairly similar time they have very different concepts to causation. Thucydides was very skeptical of the super natural themes Herodo

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