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Machiavelli: The Prince (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Niccolò Machiavelli, Quentin Skinner, Russell Price is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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 History Of Political Thought. The Prince Remains His Best-known Work, And Throws Down A Challenge That Subsequent Writers On Statecraft And Political Morality Have Found Impossible To Ignore. Quentin Skinner's Introduction Offers A Lucid Analysis Of Machiavelli's Text Both As A Response To The World Of Florentine Politics And As A Critical Engagement With The Classical And Renaissance Genre Of Advice-books For Princes. This Edition Also Features An Improved Timeline Of Key Events In Machiavelli's Life, Helping The Reader Place The Work In The Context Of Its Time, In Addition To An Enlarged And Fully Updated Bibliography.-- Introduction -- Dedicatory Letter: Niccolò Machiavelli To His Magnificence Lorenzo De' Medici. How Many Kinds Of Principality There Are, And By What Means They Are Acquired ; Hereditary Principalities ; Mixed Principalities ; Why The Kingdom Of Darius, Which Alexander Occupied, Did Not Rebel
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Niccolò Machiavelli, Quentin Skinner, Russell Price
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781316536223
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Military, Social Science