Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction

Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction

Machiavelli, Niccolò, Skinner, Quentin
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Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil that good may come of it. Offering the first brief introduction to Machiavelli's thought to appear in twenty-five years, Skinner focuses on his three major works, The Prince, Discourses, and The History of Florence. He discusses the influence of Roman moral thought on Machiavelli, concentrating on the extent to which Machiavelli's teachings represent a reaction against this tradition. Placing Machiavelli in the proper social and intellectual context, Skinner reveals the extraordinary originality of his attack on the prevailing moral and political assumptions of his age.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

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Year:
2000
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
110
ISBN 10:
0199504644
ISBN 13:
9780199504640
Series:
Very short introductions
File:
EPUB, 386 KB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2000
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