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Sketch on the life and character of Machiavel. Section IV

1795 Subjects: Politics and government, Republicanism Forms: Biographies Translation Status: Partial, Retranslation English Norwich URL

Authors of source text

Niccolò Machiavelli

Contributions

Y. (John Pitchford)
translator

Related resources

is translation of
Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio has translation
is part of
The Cabinet. By a Society of Gentlemen
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Sketch on the life and character of Machiavel. Section IV paratext

Notes

The Cabinet, vol.3, pp.180-195. Article in a series about the life and works of Machiavelli. This instalment contains lengthy fragments translated from his 'Discourses on Livy', in which he praises the republic as the best form of state.