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Sketch on the life and character of Machiavel. Section V
Subjects:
Politics and government ,
Republicanism
Forms: Biographies
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English
Norwich
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Authors of source text
Niccolò Machiavelli
Contributions
Y. (John Pitchford)
translator
Related resources
is translation of
Il principe
has translation
is part of
The Cabinet. By a Society of Gentlemen
Notes
The Cabinet, vol.3, pp.201-219. Article from a series about the life and works of Machiavelli.
This instalment contains lengthy fragments from 'The Prince'.
Epigraph taken from Rousseau's 'Du contrat social' – "Le Prince de Machiavel est le livre des républicains".