Fredi Chiappelli, rec. a I Primi Scritti Politici (1499-1512), Renaissance Quarterly, 30, 2 (1977), pp. 222-225. (original) (raw)
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Special Issue on Machiavelli, Italian Culture, 32/2, 2014
This special issue joins the celebrations related to the five-hundredth anniversary of The Prince's completion by adding four new papers written by scholars, who, although all very established in their respective fields and countries, are, for different reasons, not as well known to the English-speaking world of Machiavelli studies as they might be.
In copertina: ritratto di Machiavelli dal frontespizio della edizione Cosmopoli [= Venezia] 1769. In quarta: medaglia dallo stesso frontespizio. Bibliografia delle edizioni di Niccolò Machiavelli: 1506-1914 Editors (responsabili dell'insieme): PIERO INNOCENTI, MARIELISA ROSSI Contenuto e Divisione dell'opera: serie cronologica di edizioni di opere di Niccolò Machiavelli e dei caposaldi della sua recezione, imitazione, riecheggiamento, plagio (sia in lingua originale, sia in traduzione), relativi al periodo che va dal 1506, presumibile data del primo Decennale, al 1914, anno di pubblicazione in The Forerunner di Benigna Machiavelli, di Charlotte Gilman, scritto paleofemminista. 2018 3 volume 1701-1827. Diviso in quattro capitoli: L'ombra del Principe, L'Antimachiavel, Belfagor & C.: la Compagnia diabolica, Machiavelli in La Fontaine, analizza oltre 650 edizioni. Precedono: P. Innocenti -M. Rossi: L'ombra del Principe, 1701-1827. Margherita Palumbo, «Machiavellus semper excluditur in licentijs...». Spartaco Pupo, Il Machiavelli di David Hume. Roberto De Pol, La prima traduzione tedesca a stampa del Principe. Rosanna Schito: Raison philosophique / raison politique: il machiavellismo di Federico di Prussia. Giuseppe Sciara, Le traduzioni di Machiavelli in Francia dalla Rivoluzione alla Restaurazione: intenti culturali e usi politici. Marcello Simonetta, The lost Discourse on governments by Machiavelli's friend Zanobi Buondelmonti. € 70,00 ISBN 978-88-8247-409-6 9 7 8 8 8 8 2 4 7 4 0 9 6 Istorico, comico, tragico VECCHIARELLI EDITORE P. INNOCENTI -M. ROSSI BIBLIOGRAFIA DELLE EDIZIONI DI NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI -III Bibliografia delle edizioni di Niccolò Machiavelli: 1506-1914 Formato 20,5x29 cm Editors (responsabili dell'insieme): schungs-Zentrum Erfurt-Gotha. Contenuto e Divisione dell'opera: serie cronologica di edizioni di opere di Niccolò Machiavelli edei caposaldi della sua recezione, imitazione, riecheggiamento, plagio (sia in lingua originale, sia in traduzione), relativi al periodo che va dal 1506, presumibile data del primo Decennale, al 1914, anno di pubblicazione in The Forerunner. di Benigna Machiavelli, di Charlotte Gilman, scritto paleofemminista. L'opera è divisa in quattro volumi: 2015 1 volume 1506-1604.
Machiavelli's ironies (Paper delivered at Renaissance Studies conference, Montreal 2011)
My book, Machiavelli's Ethics, argues that Machiavelli wrote as a moral and political philosopher who had a coherent theory of justice, consistently defended the rule of law, and did not hold that "the ends justify the means." I dissent from the view that he initiated a sharp break with ancient as well as Christian morality, and suggest that he renews a tradition of ancient ethics based on prudent self-restraint. These arguments hold true for the Prince as well as the Discourses, Florentine Histories, and other works. Several reviewers have asked: how could anyone arrive at such a bowdlerised reading of Machiavelli? This paper explains how I came to develop my arguments.
A Discourse on Niccolo Machiavelli
In Machiavelli’s works he discusses the history and downfalls of different governments, he offers an early model of the social contract theory and he offers policy prescriptions oh the authority of power and also the liberty of people. Niccolo Machiavelli is most popular for writing “The Prince” this book is shorter than his more complete work “Discourses on Livy”. These two projects were almost written simultaneously (Machiavelli pausing Discourses to finish The Prince) and both were finished within a few years of each other with sometimes contradictory claims and themes. In both of these works he presents excellent theories on government and the individual, in this paper I will look at both of these works of literature in the context of Machiavelli’s life, analyzing his theories and presenting practical applications for his larger concepts.
2016
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most celebrated and notorious books in the history of Western political thought. It continues to influence discussions of war and peace, the nature of politics, and the relation of private ethics to public duties. Ostensibly a sixteenth-century manual of instruction on certain aspects of princely rule and behavior, The Prince anticipates and complicates modern political and philosophical questions. What is the right order of society? Can Western politics still be the model for progress toward peace and prosperity, or does our freedom to create our individual purposes and pursuits undermine our public responsibilities? Are the characteristics of our politics markedly different, for better or for worse, than the politics of earlier eras? Machiavelli argues that there is no ideal, transcendent order to which one can conform, and that the right order is merely the one that has the capacity to persist over time. The Prince's emphasis on the importance of an effective truth over any abstract ideal marks it as one of the first works of modern political philosophy. Machiavelli's Legacy situates Machiavelli in general and The Prince in particular at the birth of modernity. Joining the conversation with established Machiavelli scholars are political theorists, Americanists, and international relations scholars, ensuring a diversity of viewpoints and approaches. Each contributor elucidates different features of Machiavelli's thinking, from his rejection of classical antiquity and Christianity, to his proposed dissolution of natural roles and hierarchies among human beings. The essays cover topics such as Machiavelli's vision for a heaven-sent redemptive ruler of Italy, an argument that Machiavelli accomplished a profoundly democratic turn in political thought, and a tough-minded liberal critique of his realistic agenda for political life, resulting in a book that is, in effect, a spirited conversation about Machiavelli's legacy.