Excellence Unleashed: Machiavelli's Critique of Xenophon and the Moral Foundation of Politics

by PaulJ.Rasmussen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $103.87

  This book is a detailed comparison of the major political writings of Machiavelli and Xenophon. By elucidating the remarkable scope, depth, and subtlety of the debate between these two great thinkers, Excellence Unleashed offers a fresh perspective on the philosophic and political significance of Machiavelli's proto-modern break from the classical tradition