How should rulers rule? What is the nature of power? These questions had already been asked when Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513. But what made his thinking on the topic different was his ability to interpret evidence: to look at old issues and find new meaning with…
The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The…
The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The…
The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The…
The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The…
"This new edition of the acclaimed translation of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince -- revised for the first time after 30 years -- includes a rewritten and extended introduction by Quentin Skinner. Niccolò Machiavelli is arguably the most famous and controversial figure in the h…
The complete text of Machiavelli's best-known work, along with excerpts from some of his other writings and letters, and critical essays by J.R. Hale, Felix Gilbert, Leo Strauss, and others. This work is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat and poli…
" ... Breaking Bad, The Godfather, The Walking Dead, Charlie Wilson's War, House of Cards, Argo, and The Departed, are replete with illustrations that teach Machiavelli's critical principles, including the need to caress or annihilate, learning "how not to be good," why it is be…
" ... Breaking Bad, The Godfather, The Walking Dead, Charlie Wilson's War, House of Cards, Argo, and The Departed, are replete with illustrations that teach Machiavelli's critical principles, including the need to caress or annihilate, learning "how not to be good," why it is be…
Andiamo a votare o no? E se andiamo a votare, come scegliamo i rappresentanti che avranno il potere di fare le leggi e di governarci? Per aiutarci a rispondere a queste domande possiamo avvalerci di un insolito esperto, Niccolò Machiavelli, che cinquecento anni fa esatti ha scri…
Niccol Machiavelli is usually understood as a thinker who separated morality from politics and championed the view that "the ends justify the means." The author argues instead that Machiavelli presents a more nuanced view of the potential moral conflicts faced by politicians and…
"Machiavelli is usually understood as a thinker who separated morality from politics and championed the view that "the ends justify the means." Raymond Angelo Belliotti argues, instead, that Machiavelli presents us with a much more nuanced view of the potential moral conflicts f…
This book places Machiavelli in historical context but argues that his understanding of moral conflicts is well ahead of his time. Instead of arguing for the autonomy of politics, as is commonly supposed, Machiavelli grapples with the special problems of role-differentiated mora…
