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The Sweetness of Power: Machiavelli's Discourses and Guicciardini's Considerations
Northern Illinois University Press, 2007 Cloth: 978-0-87580-288-6 | Paper: 978-0-87580-618-1 Library of Congress Classification JC143.M33 2002 Dewey Decimal Classification 937
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The question of order inspired two of the greatest political thinkers of the Renaissance—Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini, whose major works on the nature of government are linked in an authoritative new translation. Political adversaries but nonetheless friends, Machiavelli and Guicciardini both reflected on ancient Rome and refined their conceptions of government with an eye to the political turmoil of their own Florence. See other books on: Ab urbe condita | Atkinson, James B. | Early works to 1800 | Livy | Social Policy See other titles from Northern Illinois University Press |
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The Sweetness of Power: Machiavelli's Discourses and Guicciardini's Considerations
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
Northern Illinois University Press, 2007
Cloth: 978-0-87580-288-6
Paper: 978-0-87580-618-1
Cloth: 978-0-87580-288-6
Paper: 978-0-87580-618-1
The question of order inspired two of the greatest political thinkers of the Renaissance—Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini, whose major works on the nature of government are linked in an authoritative new translation. Political adversaries but nonetheless friends, Machiavelli and Guicciardini both reflected on ancient Rome and refined their conceptions of government with an eye to the political turmoil of their own Florence.
Based on the definitive Italian editions and including extensive explanatory notes, this new translation re-creates the fascinating conflict that helped to shape the history of political thought.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
