Thucydides, ehara i te mea ko te hītori Herodotus, he hua na ngā kōwhiringa me ngā mahi a te tangata, ā, i titiro ki te take me te pānga, kaua ko te hua o te whāwhina a te Atua (ahakoa ko Herodotus kāore i tino ū ki tēnei whakaaro i a ia anō).