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Discourses on Livy

Discourses on Livy

Author: 
Niccolo Machiavelli; Julia Conaway Bondanella; Peter E. Bondanella
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Discourses on Livy (1531) is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli with a consistent point of view in all his works. Machiavelli's close analysis of Livy's history of Rome led him to advance his most original and outspoken view of politics - the belief that a healthy body politic was characterized by social friction and conflict rather than by rigid stability. His discussion of conspiracies in Discourses on Livy is one of the most sophisticated treatments of archetypal political upheaval every written. In an age of increasing political absolutism, Machiavelli's theories became a dangerous ideology. 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. The complete Livy in English, available in five volumes from Oxford World's Classics.

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella, Professor of Italian at Indiana University, and Translated by Peter Bondanella, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at Indiana University

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ISBN : 9780199555550

Author: 
Niccolo Machiavelli; Julia Conaway Bondanella; Peter E. Bondanella
Pages
448 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
128 x 196 mm
Pub date
Dec 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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Discourses on Livy

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Discourses on Livy