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Guicciardini: Dialogue on the Government of Florence

Guicciardini: Dialogue on the Government of Florence

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought

General Political ScienceItalian History

ISBN10: 0521456231
ISBN13: 9780521456234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 9 1994
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This is the first English translation of Guicciardini's Dialogue on the Government of Florence, written in the 1520s. Like Machiavelli, his more famous contemporary and friend, Guicciardini rejects classical republican arguments in the name of the new political realism and acknowledges the important role of patronage and graft in contemporary politics and the illegitimacy of nearly all forms of political power, arguing for the priority of state interest over private morality and religion.

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