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machiavelli a very short introduction
niccolo machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil that good may come of it and his name has been a byword ever since for duplicity and immorality . is his sinister reputation deserved in answering this question quentin skinner focuses on three major works theprince the discourses and the history of florence and distills from them an introduction to machiavelli of exemplary clarity . br about the series combining authority with wit accessibility and style very short introductions offer an introduction to some of lifes most interesting topics . written by experts for the newcomer they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics from philosophy to freud quantum theory to islam .
paperback oxford university press 2000 isbn 0192854070
abridged n isbn 13 9780192854070 number of pages 110 publisher oxford univ pr release date 62135769600000 series title very short introductions