Thoughts on Machiavelli by Leo Strauss

Thoughts on Machiavelli

Leo Strauss

348 pages first pub 1958 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics dark informative slow-paced
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Leo Strauss argued that the most visible fact about Machiavelli's doctrine is also the most useful one: Machiavelli seems to be a teacher of wickedness. Strauss sought to incorporate this idea in his interpretation without permitting it to overwhe...

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