Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-234) and index.
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1. Machiavelli's Philosophy of Life. From the Angle of Poverty and Hardship. The Miseries of the Human Condition. Man and Cosmos. A Political God. Irony, Love, and the Variety of the World. Magnanimity and the Pursuit of Glory. The Tree of Politics -- 2. The Art of the State. Politics as Civil Wisdom. The Limits of Civil Wisdom. Machiavelli's Critique of Classical Politics. The Critique of the Medicean Art of the State. The Methods of the Art of the State -- 3. The Power of Words. The Tradition of Political Rhetoric and the Rhetorical Structure of The Prince. The Rhetorical Power of History. The Ambivalent Power of Rhetoric -- 4. The Theory of the Republic. Republicanism before Machiavelli. Machiavelli's Theory of the Well-Ordered Republic. Political Corruption and its Remedies. Redemptive Politics -- 5. The Passion of Liberty. The Tradition of Republican Patriotism. Machiavelli's Patriotism.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This volume presents a critical examination of Machiavelli's thought, challenging accepted interpretations of his work and arguing that his republicanism was based on the ideal of civic life protected by the shield of fair laws.
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Machiavelli.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò,1469-1527-- Contributions in political science.