For this treatise on statecraft the author drew upon his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient nature of political life.

Proposes a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of the state above selfish, personal interests. Ambitious in scope, but also pragmatic, this work creates a modern theory of republic politics.

Niccolo Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil that good may come of it. Is his sinister reputation deserved? In answering this question, this book focuses on three major works, The Prince , the Discourses , and The History of Florence , and provides from them an introduction to Machiavelli's doctrines.

Drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this guide helps readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard way.

Features personal and professional works of Machiavelli. This book strives to do away with many of the myths that have plagued the man's posthumous fame.

This edition features a refined and modernized translation which includes five essays by scholars such as Felix Gilbert and Sir Isaiah Berlin, and a collection of writings throughout the ages pertaining to both Machiavelli and his most famous novel.

A young European traveler calling himself 'Mogor dell 'Amora', the Mughal of Love arrives at the court of Emperor Akbar. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar, Qara Koz, a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery.

A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century.

This volume provides an unequaled introduction to the thought of chief contributors to the Western tradition of political philosophy from classical Greek antiquity to the twentieth century. Written by specialists on the various philosophers, this third edition has been expanded significantly to include both new and revised essays.

'Machiavellian' is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism. This book traces the colourful life of this paradoxical realist whose clear-sighted patriotism made him the first truly modern political scientist. It brings the creative turbulence of Renaissance Italy to life.

This book studies the sacred and secular conceptions of kingship in the Renaissance.

This is the first translation of a little masterpiece by the author of 'The Prince' - required reading for many university courses - to which it is a companion piece. Set amid the ferment and factionalism of early modern Italy, 'Life of Castruccio Castracani' is a vivid account of the rise and fall of a very 'Machiavellian' prince.

This volume in the Founders in Modern Political and Social Thought series presents a critical examination of Machiavelli's thought, challenging accepted interpretations of his work and arguing that his republicanism was based on the ideal of civic life protected by the shield of fair laws.

Highlighting social tensions that confront the liberal tradition, this book draws a portrait of what we, citizens of modern liberal democracies, have become. It argues that the frequent incapacity of the morally neutral, democratic state to further social causes derives from the liberal stance that political life does not serve a higher purpose.

The main theme of this collection of essays is the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom. The book offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life, and it also contains an updated bibliography of Berlin's publications.

Presents a work of modern political theory. This book shows how thinkers who have grappled with the immense possibilities and dangers of modern power, are themselves a major theoretical statement. It shows that great theorists have been driven to shape politics to some vision of the good that lies outside the existing political order.

History Of Western Philosophy was published in 1946. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy.