Machiavelli's Virtue

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Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Part One: Machiavelli the Prine; 1. Machiavelli's Virtue; Part Two: Machiavelli's Beginnings; 2. Necessity in the Beginnings of Cities; 3. Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics; 4. Machiavelli and the Idea of Progress; Part Three: Machiavelli's Books; 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; Part Four: Machiavelli's Politics; 10. Machiavelli's New Regime.;Uniting thirty years of authoritative scholarship by a master of textual detail, Machiavelli's Virtue is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. Harvey 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, and shows him to be the founder of such modern and diverse institutions as the impersonal state and the energetic executive. Accessible and elegant, this groundbreaking interpretation explains the puzzles and reveals the ambition of Machiavelli's thought."The book brings.