Thucydides, nénten  sakadi Herodotus, nampénin sejarah punika pinaka produk utawi asil saking sahananing sané  kapilih miwah paripolah imanusa miwah ngeniang indik panyangkan miwah krana, boya ja asil saking titah Widhi (yadiastun Herodotus nénten  nyumponin unteng patitisé puniki).
Thucydides, unlike Herodotus, regarded history as being the product of the choices and actions of human beings, and looked at cause and effect, rather than as the result of divine intervention (though Herodotus was not wholly committed to this idea himself).