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portada Discourses on Livy
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2026
Language
English
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9x15.2x1.5 cm
ISBN13
9789355228499

Discourses on Livy

Niccolò Machiavelli (Author) · Classy Publishing · Paperback

Discourses on Livy - Niccolò Machiavelli

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Synopsis "Discourses on Livy"

The Discourses on Livy is Niccolò Machiavelli's profound exploration of republicanism and political governance, serving as an essential counterpart to his more famous work, The Prince. While The Prince addresses autocratic rule, the Discourses reveals Machiavelli's fundamental preference for a republican state where power is balanced and citizens are actively engaged.
Machiavelli uses the first ten books of Livy's history of Rome to analyze the successes and failures of the ancient world, applying these lessons to the 'tumultuous' politics of Renaissance Italy.
He argues that a healthy body politic is characterized by social friction and conflict-specifically between the nobility and the common people-rather than rigid stability.
The work features one of the most sophisticated treatments of political conspiracies ever written, examining how they arise and their impact on both principalities and republics.

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