The Stakes: Thoughts on Machiavelli
The American Mind
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Machiavelli Is, for Him, Completely Within the Tradition of Platonic Political Philosophy
Stros: Machiavelli is, for him, completely within the tradition of platonic political philosophy. He says openly and in his own name things that were much more hush hush in the earlier writings. So on one hand, we say machi elli was the first one openly to call lesemorality into question. And on the other hand, he wrote in such a concealed manner, so how can it be opened and concealed?
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