Excerpt from Machiavelli and the Modern State: Chapters on His "Prince," His Use of History and His Idea of Morals, Being Three Lectures Delivered in 1899 at the Royal Institution
St. Thomas Aquinas. That Machiavelli''s indebtedness to Dante in respect of his conception of virtu should be so numis takable seems the more startling because our author himself has been at some pains to associate his use of virtu with the nomenclature of medical diagnosis borrowed so continually.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This volume consists of lectures on Machiavelli that were delivered by the author at the Royal Institution and before the Young Men's Christian Association in San Francisco. It includes in-depth discussion of the themes and ideas within Machiavelli's The Prince and Discourses on Livy. The author examines the historical contexts in which Machiavelli was writing and the challenges faced by those seeking national unity in Italy at that time. The author also focuses on Machiavelli's reinterpretation of classical political thought and his emphasis on military power and the importance of understanding the character of men. Ultimately, the author finds in Machiavelli a valuable thinker who provides insights into the nature of modern statecraft and the challenges of maintaining power. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781334520389_0
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