Machiavelli: Selected Political Writings

Here are The Prince and the most important of the Discourses newly translated into spare, vivid English. Why a new translation? Machiavelli was never the dull, worthy, pedantic author who appears in the pages of other translations, says David Wootton in his Introduction. In the pages that follow I have done my best to let him speak in his own voice. (And indeed, Wootton's Machiavelli does just that when the occasion demands: renderings of that most problematic of words, virtu, are in each instance followed by the Italian). Notes, a map, and an altogether remarkable Introduction no less authoritative for being grippingly readable, help make this edition an ideal first encounter with Machiavelli for any student of history and political theory.

Product details

• Authors: Niccolo Machiavelli
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1994
• EAN: 9780872202474
• ISBN: 978-0-87220-247-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 214 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 224 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Series: Hackett Classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas