This study fills a notable gap in the history of political thought.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. The acquisition of the language of politics; 2. The philosophy of the city and the political man; 3. Machiavelli and the republican idea of politics; 4. Francesco Guicciardini: between politics and art of the state; 5. The last glimmerings of civil philosophy; 6. The triumph of reason of state; Epilogue; Bibliography of primary and secondary sources.