Mikael Hornqvist's study of the political theory of Machiavelli offers an original and challenging reading of a number of celebrated texts while exploring both the political and intellectual contexts within which Machiavelli's political vision was formed. This is an important contribution to the historiography of Machiavelli and the renaissance empire.
Contents
CHAPTER 1 Another philosophy; CHAPTER 2 The republic's two ends; CHAPTER 3 The natural desire of states; CHAPTER 4 To destroy them or to live there; CHAPTER 5 The triumphator; CHAPTER 6 Rhetoric of hope and despair; CHAPTER 7 Sublunar writing; Index.
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