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This volume considers Machiavelli as a founder of modern politics. The author analyzes Machiavelli's concept of virtue and explores the relevance of sects in his politics, his endorsement of indirect government, and the nonrepublican character of his thought.

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Abbreviations Preface 1: Machiavelli's Virtue 2: Necessity in the Beginnings of Cities 3: Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics 4: Machiavelli and the Idea of Progress 5: An Introduction to Machiavelli's Florentine Histories 6: Party and Sect in Machiavelli's Florentine Histories 7: An Introduction to The Prince 8: An Introduction to Machiavelli's Art of War 9: Strauss's Machiavelli 10: Machiavelli's New Regime 11: Machiavelli's Political Science 12: Machiavelli's Stato and the Impersonal Modern State 13: Machiavelli and the Modern Executive Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/11/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226503684, 978-0226503684
      ISBN10: 0226503682

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume considers Machiavelli as a founder of modern politics. The author analyzes Machiavelli's concept of virtue and explores the relevance of sects in his politics, his endorsement of indirect government, and the nonrepublican character of his thought.

      Table of Contents
      Abbreviations Preface 1: Machiavelli's Virtue 2: Necessity in the Beginnings of Cities 3: Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics 4: Machiavelli and the Idea of Progress 5: An Introduction to Machiavelli's Florentine Histories 6: Party and Sect in Machiavelli's Florentine Histories 7: An Introduction to The Prince 8: An Introduction to Machiavelli's Art of War 9: Strauss's Machiavelli 10: Machiavelli's New Regime 11: Machiavelli's Political Science 12: Machiavelli's Stato and the Impersonal Modern State 13: Machiavelli and the Modern Executive Notes Bibliography Index

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