Discourses on Livy
This influential study contrasts the practices of ancient Rome with those of the author's 16th-century contemporaries. Machiavelli's The Prince offered advice on ruling a kingdom; in this treatise, he explains the structure and benefits of a republic. His still-controversial theories argue that a healthy political body requires conflict rather than stability.

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Discourses on Livy
This influential study contrasts the practices of ancient Rome with those of the author's 16th-century contemporaries. Machiavelli's The Prince offered advice on ruling a kingdom; in this treatise, he explains the structure and benefits of a republic. His still-controversial theories argue that a healthy political body requires conflict rather than stability.

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Discourses on Livy

Discourses on Livy

by Niccolò Machiavelli
Discourses on Livy

Discourses on Livy

by Niccolò Machiavelli

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Overview

This influential study contrasts the practices of ancient Rome with those of the author's 16th-century contemporaries. Machiavelli's The Prince offered advice on ruling a kingdom; in this treatise, he explains the structure and benefits of a republic. His still-controversial theories argue that a healthy political body requires conflict rather than stability.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783986475338
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Publication date: 10/14/2021
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 555
File size: 1 MB
Age Range: 13 Years

About the Author

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. He is a figure of the Italian Renaissance and a central figure of its political component, most widely known for his treatises on realist political theory (The Prince) on the one hand and republicanism (Discourses on Livy) on the other.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Translators' Note
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Niccolo Machiavelli
DISCOURSES ON LIVY
Explanatory Notes
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