The discources / Niccolò Machiavelli ; edited with an introduction by Bernard Crick ; using the translation of Leslie J. Walker, S.J. ; with revisions by Brian Richardson.
By: Machiavelli, Niccolò.
Contributor(s): Crick, Bernard
| Walker, Leslie J. (Leslie Joseph).
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BookSeries: Penguin Classics.Publisher: London : Penguin, 1970 (2003 printing)Description: 543 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0140444289; 9780140444285.Uniform titles: Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio. English Subject(s): Livy. Ab urbe condita | Political science -- Early works to 1800 | Political science -- Philosophy | Politics & government | Political science & theory | Social & political philosophy | Political ideologies | Political structure & processes | Politics and Government | Rome -- HistoriographyDDC classification: 320.01 MAC | 320.08 Summary: In his carefully argued commentary on Livy's history of Roman republicanism, Machiavelli proposes a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling virtues of active citizenship in the populace.
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"It is not the well-being of individuals that makes cities great, but the well-being of the community"
Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolò Machiavelli. But while his treatise The Prince made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthlessness and cynical manipulation, The Discourses (c.1517) shows a radically different outlook on the world of politics. In this carefully argued commentary on Livy's history of republican Rome, Machiavelli proposed a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of the state above selfish, personal interests. Ambitious in scope, but also clear-eyed and pragmatic, The Discourses creates a modern theory of republic politics.
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In his carefully argued commentary on Livy's history of Roman republicanism, Machiavelli proposes a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling virtues of active citizenship in the populace.
Translated from the Italian.