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Machiavelli
Hardcover
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By John Dunn (Editor), Ian Harris (Editor), F. Chabod (Contribution by), Benedetto Croce (Contribution by), F. Gilbert (Contribution by), J. Hexter (Contribution by), V. Kahn (Contribution by), J. Pocock (Contribution by), J. Whitfield (Contribution by)
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The work of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) has a variety of meanings for different interpreters. Some attribute to him a new 'scientific method' of drawing conclusions from practical or historical experience in order to form rules for successful political behaviour, with its emphasis on man's behavioural patterns rather than on moral precepts as a basis for politics. Others attribute to him a belief in the autonomy of the state - that the state is a structure governed by its own laws of de...