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Discourses on Livy Paperback – January 28, 1998
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"[Machiavelli] found in Livy the means to inspire scholars for five centuries. Within the Discourses, often hidden and sometimes unintended by their author, lie the seeds of modern political thought. . . . [Mansfield and Tarcov's] translation is careful and idiomatic."—Peter Stothard, The Times
"Translated with painstaking accuracy—but also great readability."—Weekly Standard
"A model of contemporary scholarship and a brave effort at Machiavelli translation that allows the great Florentine to speak in his own voice."—Choice
- Print length423 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
- Publication dateJanuary 28, 1998
- Dimensions9.03 x 6.06 x 1.1 inches
- ISBN-100226500365
- ISBN-13978-0226500362
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Harvey C. Mansfield is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of Machiavelli’s Virtue and has translated The Prince, Discourses on Livy (with Nathan Tarcov), and Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (with Delba Winthrop), all published by the University of Chicago Press.
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- Publisher : University of Chicago Press; First Edition (January 28, 1998)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 423 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0226500365
- ISBN-13 : 978-0226500362
- Item Weight : 1.34 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.03 x 6.06 x 1.1 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #394,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #572 in Ancient Roman History (Books)
- #850 in Political Philosophy (Books)
- #1,294 in History & Theory of Politics
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Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a Florentine statesman who was later forced out of public life. He then devoted himself to studying and writing political philosophy, history, fiction, and drama.

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Considering this product has a rating over 4 stars, I even wonder if there has been some recent mistake. Perhaps a different cover was previously used, or perhaps a different translation was previously provided? I even note some other comments referencing the Mansfield translation, and whether they liked it or didn't like it--but I wonder if they ever even saw it! What I saw was the wrong translation.
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DOL is divided into 3 books.
Book 1 delves into finding cities and states, the beginnings, the laws, the orders.
Book 2 & 3 goes back and forth into war and politics, some say book 2 deals with war and book 3 with politics, I disagree both books 2 & 3 deals with war and politics.
Many also claim that DOL deals with Republics, not Principalities. I agree, it does for the most part deal with Republics, NM does base his whole book on the Roman Republic. However NM does somewhat dwell into Principalities, not as a topic of discussion, but as a means of giving advice towards Princes.










