The Quotable Machiavelli (eBook)

Niccolò Machiavelli (Autor)

Maurizio Viroli (Herausgeber)

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2016
360 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8331-8 (ISBN)

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Maurizio Viroli is professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University, professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin, and professor of political communication at the University of Italian Switzerland in Lugano. His many books include Niccolò's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli (Hill & Wang) and How to Choose a Leader: Machiavelli's Advice to Citizens (Princeton).

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A collection of insightful and revealing quotations on a wide range of subjects from the father of modern politicsNiccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) is the father of modern political thought, but he is also one of the greatest writers of the Renaissance and his wisdom and style extend far beyond politics to encompass a compelling philosophy of life as well. In The Quotable Machiavelli, Maurizio Viroli, one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars, offers a rich collection of the Florentine's most memorable words on a wide range of subjects, including politics, the human condition, religion, love and happiness, antiquity and history, patriotism, and virtue. Drawing on Machiavelli's entire body of writings, and including little-known quotations as well as famous passages, the book shows the full scope of his thought and belies the cliche that he was a "e;Machiavellian"e; cynic. In addition to Machiavelli's own words on dozens of subjects of perennial interest, the book includes some almost unknown texts in which his contemporaries describe him. Complete with a biographical introduction, the book serves as a handy reference and a smart and lively introduction to a masterly thinker and writer.Includes a rich collection of Machiavelli's most memorable words on a wide range of subjects, from politics to the human condition-almost 700 quotations in allEdited and introduced by one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholarsServes as a smart and lively introduction to Machiavelli's life and worksDraws on the complete body of Machiavelli's writingsFeatures a brief biography of Machiavelli, a chronology of his life, suggestions for further reading, and an index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 8 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Agostino Vespucci • Ancient Rome • augury • Belfagor • Capital punishment • Caterina Sforza • Censure • Cesare Borgia • Civil Society • Commodus • Corsini • Cosimo de' Medici • cowardice • Croesus • cruelty • Cyaxares • Deliberation • Dictatorship • diplomatic mission • Discourses on Livy • Eloquence • flattery • Florentine Histories • Forms of Government • Francesco Guicciardini • Frontinus • Girolamo Savonarola • good faith • Great Power • Guicciardini • hatred • hostility • Imminent peril • impunity • indulgence • infantry • Institution • Italians • Legislator • Life of Castruccio Castracani • livy • Lombardy • Majesty • Mark Antony • mercenary • mixed government • Monarchy • More United • Multitude • narrative • Niccolò Machiavelli • Nobility • Obedience (human behavior) • obstacle • Papal States • parricide • Patrician (ancient Rome) • Patrician (post-Roman Europe) • Pelopidas • pertinax • phalaris • Piero • Piero Soderini • plebs • Politics • pope alexander vi • Pope Clement VII • Pope Julius II • praetor • Precedent • Pretext • principality • private citizen • Provision (contracting) • Religion • Republic • Republic of Florence • Revolution • Roman Army • Roman consul • Ruler • Salvestro de' Medici • Sant'Andrea in Percussina • Sedition • signoria • Sovereignty • Suffering • Suffrage • Superiority (short story) • tavern • Tax • The Golden Ass • The Goths • The Other Hand • Timoleon • Tyrant • Uncertainty • V. • Wealth • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8331-8 / 1400883318
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8331-8 / 9781400883318