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The Machiavellian enterprise : a commentary on "The Prince" by De Alvarez, Leo Paul S. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Machiavellian enterprise : a commentary on "The Prince" about?

Scholars have long maintained that Machiavelli's The Prince does not develop a single sustained argument but rather presents a set of disparate reflections. De Alvarez takes a different view. In The Machiavellian Enterprise, he demonstrates that there is an internal consistency in The Prince built upon a key argument that has been previously overlooked within Machiavelli's masterpiece. As the "first political philosopher to turn to the many instead of the few as the basis of rule," claims de Alvarez, Machiavelli sought to replace the domination of the Christian Rome with a civil, secular, and egalitarian state.

Author

De Alvarez, Leo Paul S.

Publisher

DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780875802473

Subjects

Political Science, History, Science