| Discourses on Livy (World's Classics) |  | Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
Creators: Julia Conaway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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ISBN: 0192829459
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Discourses on Livy (1531) demonstrates Machiavelli's fundamental preference for the republicanism of ancient Rome. In an age when political absolutism was increasingly the norm, Machiavelli's republican theories would become a dangerous ideology, and his works were placed on the Index of Prohibited Works in 1559. This new translation is richly annotated, providing the contemporary reader with sufficient historical, linguistic and political information to understand and interpret the revolutionary affirmations Machiavelli made, based on the historical evidence he found in Livy.
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A passionate testament to a highly held ideal! November 5, 1999
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
The Romans believed that they had reached the pinnacle of development & the success of their Empire at its height certainly testified to that view. However, Machiavelli points out the strengths & weaknesses of their Political, Moral & Philosophical stance, stating where these pillars of their society shifted & how they contributed to its demise.
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