Discourses on Livy

Name: Discourses on Livy
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ISBN: 9780226500362

ISBN-10: 0226500365

ISBN-13: 9780226500362

Edition: 1998

Authors: Niccolï¿½. Machiavelli, Harvey C. Mansfield, Nathan Tarcov

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Discourses on Livy is the founding document of modern republicanism, and Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov have provided the definitive English translation of this classic work. Faithful to the original Italian text, properly attentive to Machiavelli's idiom and subtlety of thought, it is eminently readable. With a substantial introduction, extensive explanatory notes, a glossary of key words, and an annotated index, the Discourses reveals Machiavelli's radical vision of a new science of politics, a vision of "new modes and orders" that continue to shape the modern ethos. "[Machiavelli] found in Livy the means to inspire scholars for five centuries. Within the Discourses, often hidden…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/28/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction


Translators' Note


Select Bibliography


A Chronology of Niccolo Machiavelli


Discourses on Livy


Explanatory Notes