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Machiavelli's Romans - Liberty and Greatness in the Discourses on Livy (Paperback)
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Machiavelli's Romans - Liberty and Greatness in the Discourses on Livy (Paperback)
Series: Applications of Political Theory
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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.
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