Machiavelli : a very short introduction
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Machiavelli : a very short introduction
（Very short introductions, 31）
Oxford University Press, 2000, c1981
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"First published 1981 as an Oxford University Press paperback, reissued 1996"--T.p. verso
"Works by Machiavelli quoted in the text": p. 101
Bibliography: p. 102-106
Includes index
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Description
Niccolo Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil that good may come of it, and his name has been a byword ever since for duplicity and immorality. Is his sinister reputation deserved? In answering this question Quentin Skinner focuses on three major works, The Prince, the Discourses, and The History of Florence, and distils from them an introduction to Machiavelli's doctrines of exemplary clarity.
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Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. THE DIPLOMAT
- 2. THE ADVISER TO PRINCES
- 3. THE PHILOSOPHER OF LIBERTY
- 4. THE HISTORIAN OF FLORENCE
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