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- catalog abstract ""The political ideas of two of the greatest writers of the Renaissance - Niccolo Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini - meet head to head in The Sweetness of Power. Machiavelli wrote his Discourses in exile from Florence after the fall of the republican government he had served and to whose principles of order and rule by law he remained committed. Guicciardini, who flourished under the Medici rule, thoughtfully challenged Machiavelli's concept of government in his Considerations." "Both Machiavelli and Guicciardini looked to the past to understand the present. In his Discourses on the First Decade of Livy, Machiavelli examined Roman history in order to identify its underlying political principles. Guicciardini, who would go on from a career in politics to write his monumental History of Italy, tended to look at the motives of the people who shaped history. Reflecting on ancient Rome, both thinkers refined their conceptions of government with an eye to the political turmoil of their own Florence." "Based on the definitive Italian editions and including extensive explanatory notes, The Sweetness of Power re-creates a fascinating conflict that helped to shape the history of western political thought."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio. English".
- catalog contributor b12555266.
- catalog contributor b12555267.
- catalog contributor b12555268.
- catalog contributor b12555269.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Both Machiavelli and Guicciardini looked to the past to understand the present. In his Discourses on the First Decade of Livy, Machiavelli examined Roman history in order to identify its underlying political principles. Guicciardini, who would go on from a career in politics to write his monumental History of Italy, tended to look at the motives of the people who shaped history. Reflecting on ancient Rome, both thinkers refined their conceptions of government with an eye to the political turmoil of their own Florence." "Based on the definitive Italian editions and including extensive explanatory notes, The Sweetness of Power re-creates a fascinating conflict that helped to shape the history of western political thought."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""The political ideas of two of the greatest writers of the Renaissance - Niccolo Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini - meet head to head in The Sweetness of Power. Machiavelli wrote his Discourses in exile from Florence after the fall of the republican government he had served and to whose principles of order and rule by law he remained committed. Guicciardini, who flourished under the Medici rule, thoughtfully challenged Machiavelli's concept of government in his Considerations."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-443) and index.".
- catalog description "Niccolo Machiavelli's: Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy -- Francesco Guicciardini's: Considerations of the Discourses of Niccolo Machiavelli.".
- catalog extent "xxxviii, 466 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0875802885 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng ita".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dekalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press,".
- catalog subject "937 21".
- catalog subject "JC143 .M33 2002".
- catalog subject "Livy. Ab urbe condita.".
- catalog subject "Political science Early works to 1800.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Niccolo Machiavelli's: Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy -- Francesco Guicciardini's: Considerations of the Discourses of Niccolo Machiavelli.".
- catalog title "Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio. English".
- catalog title "The sweetness of power : Machiavelli's Discourses & Guicciardini's Considerations / translated by James V. Atkinson and David Sices.".
- catalog type "Early works. fast".
- catalog type "text".