
HoP 351 - Quentin Skinner on Machiavelli
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Two Months of Rome
Machiavelli says the two months of anarchy were what made Rome great. The only laws that could pass were those that benefited everyone, he writes. Machiavelli: Three of three of submission by the people to the elite, three of anarchy by the people against the elite. Dini wrote a whole trap saying this is like praising someone for being sick. This is not health of the body politic. But it's more than that. It's something quite ingenious."
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