
The Stakes: Thoughts on Machiavelli
The American Mind
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O Machiavelle, Chapter 4
West: In the machiavelli case, its the original history of political philosophy had a chapter on macchiavelle by warren winarsky. But strauss later published a second statement on machiavelle, on hobbs and on locke. And in that he says that socrates and machiavellis make common cause against the sophists. West: He doesn't take back the brak, but he emphasizes the commonality or continuity between the two.
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