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- catalog abstract "Machiavelli's Virtue is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. Harvey C. Mansfield begins by analyzing Machiavelli's radical notion of virtue, which culminates in his own personal virtue. Machiavelli shows that princes need a new morality that only he has supplied. Mansfield argues that Machiavelli intended to rule the world through his thought; though a prince without a state, his subjects were the princes who would follow his writings on founding and ruling. This new "perpetual republic" is Machiavelli's own sect - and a remedy for the failures of all previous republics. Mansfield reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli's politics, his advice on how to rule indirectly, and the ultimately partisan character of his project. Following the method of Leo Strauss, he takes up Machiavelli's individual works as wholes and shows him to be the founder of modern institutions that came later, such as the impersonal state and the energetic executive. Mansfield thus makes the case that Machiavelli is alive for us and full of the wisdom we need. His thought cannot be dismissed as quaint and obsolete; it is disturbingly relevant for our delusions and our complacency.".
- catalog contributor b9053583.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "1. Machiavelli's Virtue -- 2. Necessity in the Beginnings of Cities -- 3. Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics -- 4. Machiavelli and the Idea of Progress -- 5. An Introduction to Machiavelli's Florentine Histories -- 6. Party and Sect in Machiavelli's Florentine Histories -- 7. An Introduction to The Prince -- 8. An Introduction to Machiavelli's Art of War -- 9. Strauss's Machiavelli -- 10. Machiavelli's New Regime -- 11. Machiavelli's Political Science -- 12. Machiavelli's Stato and the Impersonal Modern State -- 13. Machiavelli and the Modern Executive.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-360) and index.".
- catalog description "Machiavelli's Virtue is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. Harvey C. Mansfield begins by analyzing Machiavelli's radical notion of virtue, which culminates in his own personal virtue. Machiavelli shows that princes need a new morality that only he has supplied. Mansfield argues that Machiavelli intended to rule the world through his thought; though a prince without a state, his subjects were the princes who would follow his writings on founding and ruling. This new "perpetual republic" is Machiavelli's own sect - and a remedy for the failures of all previous republics.".
- catalog description "Mansfield reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli's politics, his advice on how to rule indirectly, and the ultimately partisan character of his project. Following the method of Leo Strauss, he takes up Machiavelli's individual works as wholes and shows him to be the founder of modern institutions that came later, such as the impersonal state and the energetic executive. Mansfield thus makes the case that Machiavelli is alive for us and full of the wisdom we need. His thought cannot be dismissed as quaint and obsolete; it is disturbingly relevant for our delusions and our complacency.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 371 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0226503682 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0226503690 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Italy".
- catalog subject "320.1/092 20".
- catalog subject "Ethics.".
- catalog subject "JC 143 M4 M287m 1996".
- catalog subject "JC143.M4 M355 1996".
- catalog subject "Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 Contributions in political science.".
- catalog subject "Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 Ethics.".
- catalog subject "Morals.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Politics Italy History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Machiavelli's Virtue -- 2. Necessity in the Beginnings of Cities -- 3. Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics -- 4. Machiavelli and the Idea of Progress -- 5. An Introduction to Machiavelli's Florentine Histories -- 6. Party and Sect in Machiavelli's Florentine Histories -- 7. An Introduction to The Prince -- 8. An Introduction to Machiavelli's Art of War -- 9. Strauss's Machiavelli -- 10. Machiavelli's New Regime -- 11. Machiavelli's Political Science -- 12. Machiavelli's Stato and the Impersonal Modern State -- 13. Machiavelli and the Modern Executive.".
- catalog title "Machiavelli's virtue / Harvey C. Mansfield.".
- catalog type "text".