The Discourses
Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolò Machiavelli. But while his treatise The Prince made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthlessness and cynical manipulation, The Discourses (c.1517) shows a radically different outlook on the world of politics. In this carefully argued commentary on Livy's history of republican Rome, Machiavelli proposed a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of the state above selfish, personal interests. Ambitious in scope, but also clear-…
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Weitere Autoren: Crick, Bernard (Hrsg.) / Richardson, Brian (Übers.) / Walker, Leslie (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-14-191318-6
- EAN: 9780141913186
- Produktnummer: 17831765
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 1 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 759 KB
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