Niccolò Machiavelli : history, power, and virtue / / edited by Leonidas Donskis.

• Superior document: Value inquiry book series ; v. 226
• Author: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
• TeilnehmendeR: Donskis, Leonidas.; Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Value inquiry book series ; v. 226.; Value inquiry book series. Philosophy, literature, and politics.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (127 p.)
• Notes: This book is the outcome of a series of international seminars held at Vytautas Magnus University School of Political Science and Diplomacy in Kaunas, Lithuania.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; AGAINST ALL THE ODDS: MACHIAVELLI ON FORTUNE IN POLITICS /; BORDER-VALUE MORALITY AND SEMANTICAL COHERENCE IN MACHIAVELLI’S PRINCE /; NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI ON POWER /; THE MODERN WHO BELIEVED THAT HE WAS THE ANCIENT: NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI IN EUROPEAN THOUGHT AND POLITICAL IMAGINATION /; MACHIAVELLI AND THE THEORY OF EXEMPLARY CONSTITUTIONS /; VIRTUE IN HOBBES: SEEN FROM MACHIAVELLIAN POINT OF VIEW /; RETHINKING MACHIAVELLI: REPUBLICANISM AND TOLERANCE /; CONTRIBUTORS --; INDEX --; VIBS.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283009315; 9786613009319; 9042032782
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Leonidas Donskis.

This volume is an attempt to rethink Niccolò Machiavelli, one of the most challenging political thinkers in the history of European political thought. In 2013, we will mark 500 years since Machiavelli wrote his puzzling letter to Lorenzo de’ Medici, Il Principe . This book is an endeavor to cover some of the most complex aspects of Machiavelli’s life and work.