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Machiavelli's political morality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Quentin Skinner
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Abstract

The analysis of the moral questions involved in the exercise of power by Machiavelli never seems to lose its topicality. It remains as immediate and penetrating as when it was first conceived.

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Research Article
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European Review , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1998 , pp. 321 - 325
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1998

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