
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1 The acquisition of the language of politics
- 2 The philosophy of the city and the political man
- 3 Machiavelli and the republican concept of politics
- 4 Francesco Guicciardini: between politics and art of the state
- 5 The last glimmerings of civil philosophy
- 6 The triumph of reason of state
- Epilogue. Politics as civil philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
- IDEAS IN CONTEXT
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1 The acquisition of the language of politics
- 2 The philosophy of the city and the political man
- 3 Machiavelli and the republican concept of politics
- 4 Francesco Guicciardini: between politics and art of the state
- 5 The last glimmerings of civil philosophy
- 6 The triumph of reason of state
- Epilogue. Politics as civil philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
- IDEAS IN CONTEXT
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- From Politics to Reason of StateThe Acquisition and Transformation of the Language of Politics 1250–1600, pp. viii - ixPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992