Here are The Prince and the most important Discourses, newly translated into spare, vivid English by one of the most gifted historians of his generation. Why a new translation? "Machiavelli was never the dull, worthy, pedantic author who appears in the pages of other translations", says David Wootton in his Introduction. "In the pages that follow I have done my best to let him speak in his own voice." (And indeed, Wootton's Machiavelli literally does so when the occasion demands: Renderings of that most problematic of words, virtu, are in each instance followed by the Italian). Notes, a map, and an altogether remarkable Introduction, no less authoritative for being grippingly readable, help make this edition an ideal first encounter with Machiavelli for any student of history and political theory.
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David Wootton is an historian, author of Galileo: Watcher of the Skies, and Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates. You can learn more about him at www.watcheroftheskies.org.
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The Prince is a book everyone should read in order to understand how many kings and rulers who followed his philosphies drew their inpsiration from.Discources is simply outstanding. It will give you a deep appreciation of not only this man's erudition, but also of his great mind. All this for under 10 dollars! What are you waiting for?
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Book One, King of France, Cesare Borgia, Chief Works, Book Two, Book Three, Francesco Vettori, Manlius Capitolinus, Princeton University Press, Cambridge University Press, Duke of Milan, King of Spain, Niccolb Machiavelli, Alexander the Great, Hans Baron, King Louis, Piero Soderini, Cornell University Press, Fabius Maximus, Francesco Sforza, Machiavelli's Prince, Pope Alexander, Pope Julius, Cardinal Giulio, Quentin Skinner New!
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- The Prince and The Discourses by Niccolo Machiavelli on 6 pages
- Machiavelli and the Discourse of Literature by Albert Russell Ascoli on 4 pages
- The Art Of War by Niccolò Machiavelli on page 16, page 28, and page 33
- Machiavelli and Republicanism (Ideas in Context) by Gisela Bock on page 28, page 33, and page 35
- Machiavelli in Hell by Sebastian De Grazia on page 27, page 33, and page 35
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- Machiavelli, Marketing and Management by Phil Harris on page 28, page 215, and Back Matter
- Machiavelli, Marketing and Management by Phil Harris on page 215, and Back Matter
- Hypocrisy and Integrity : Machiavelli, Rousseau, and the Ethics of Politics by Ruth W. Grant on page 21, and Back Matter
- A History of Political Thought: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance by Janet Coleman on page 243, and page 246
- A History of Political Thought: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance by Janet Coleman on page 247, and page 250
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