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Title: THE DISCOURSES
By: Niccolo Machiavelli, Bernard Crick, Father Leslie J. Walker (Trans)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0140444289
ISBN 13: 9780140444285
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 27 October, 1983
Pages: 544
Translated from: Italian
Description: 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.
Synopsis: Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolo 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 Discourses 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.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Returns: Returnable
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BELFAGOR (VERSIFIED FROM THE PROSE OF MACHIAVELLI) (HB)
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BIBLIOTHEK HISTORISCHER CLASSIKER ALLER NATIONEN. ELFTER BAND
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