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25%OFFNiccolo Machiavelli - The Discourses - 9780140444285 - V9780140444285
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The Discourses

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Description for The Discourses Paperback. Proposes 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 pragmatic, this work creates a modern theory of republic politics. Editor(s): Crick, Bernard. Translator(s): Walker, Leslie J. Father; Richardson, Brian. Num Pages: 544 pages, notes. BIC Classification: JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 380.

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-eyed and pragmatic, The ... Read more creates a modern theory of republic politics.

Leslie J. Walker’s definitive translation has been revised by Brian Richardson and is accompanied by an introduction by Bernard Crick, which illuminates Machiavelli’s historical context and his new theories of politics. This edition also includes suggestions for further reading and notes.

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140444285
SKU
V9780140444285
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About Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machivaelli (1469-1527) was appointed secretary to the Florentine Republic in 1498. He was dismissed from this post in 1512 and forced to withdraw from public life, after which time he wrote The Prince, a handbook for rulers. Leslie Walker translated many texts from Italian over the course of a distinguished career.

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