Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Machiavelli's Romans: Liberty and Greatness in the Discourses on Livy

Machiavelli's Romans: Liberty and Greatness in the Discourses on Livy

Coby, Patrick J.

Paperback

Series: Applications of Political Theory

PhilosophyMedieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 073910070X
ISBN13: 9780739100707
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: May 13 1999
Pages: 378
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.86 Depth: 8.96
Language: English
Although Machiavelli is usually considered a pioneer among modern political philosophers, he read deeply in and was greatly influenced by the works of classical Roman thinkers such as Livy. There is thus a fundamental tension between the modern and the ancient within Machiavelli's philosophy; he is both a precursor to the Enlightenment and a throwback to republican Rome. This is the main thesis behind Patrick Coby's innovative study of the neglected Machiavellian classic Discourses on Livy. Coby argues that scholars have been too quick to dismiss the ancient antecedents of Machiavelli's thought, particularly with regard to the modes and orders of the Roman republic. The book seeks to resolve the central paradox of the Discourses, that Machiavelli recommends adoption of Roman modes and orders even though those modes and orders destroyed the virt?, the strength, which Machiavelli would have moderns resuscitate by imitating Rome. A sophisticated, highly engaging book, Machiavelli's Romans will be of special interest to political theorists, Renaissance scholars, and classicists.

Also from

Coby, Patrick J.

View All

Also in

Philosophy

View All