Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy : : The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena / / James Hankins.
The first full-length study of Francesco Patrizi—the most important political philosopher of the Italian Renaissance before Machiavelli—who sought to reconcile conflicting claims of liberty and equality in the service of good governance.At the heart of the Italian Renaissance was a longing to recapt...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Sources
- Timeline of Events in Patrizi’s Life
- Introduction
- One The Formation of a Political Philosopher
- Two The Great Political Treatises
- Three Principles of Republican Government
- Four Meritocracy and the Optimal Republic
- Five The Virtuous Society
- Six Citizenship and the Virtuous Citizen
- Seven Virtuous Absolutism
- Conclusion: Patrizi and Modern Politics
- Appendix A List of Patrizi’s Works
- Appendix B Editions, Translations, and Compendia of Patrizi’s Political Works, 1518–1702
- Appendix C Patrizi’s Epigram 14 “What Would Make Me Happy”
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index