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Machiavelli /
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, Th...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1981.
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| Summary: | 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 Discources , and The History of Florence , and distils from them an introduction to Machiavelli's doctrines of exemplary clarity. This book is intended for students from sixth-form level upwards of politics, history, the Renaissance. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 102 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. [93]-97. |