The sweetness of power : Machiavelli's Discourses & Guicciardini's Considerations

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The sweetness of power : Machiavelli's Discourses & Guicciardini's Considerations

translated by James B. Atkinson and David Sices

Northern Illinois University Press, c2002

Other Title

Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio

Considerazioni intorno ai discorsi del Machiavelli

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-443) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The question of order inspired two of the greatest political thinkers of the Renaissance-Niccolo 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 recreates the fascinating conflict that helped to shape the history of political thought.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction Niccolo Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy Francesco Guicciardini's Considerations of the "Discourses" of Niccolo Machiavelli Works Consulted Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BA58369418
  • ISBN
    • 0875802885
  • LCCN
    2001052184
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ita
  • Place of Publication
    DeKalb, Ill.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxviii, 466 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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