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- Title
On Political Power and Personal Liberty in The Prince and The Discourses.
- Authors
Cavallo, Jo Ann
- Abstract
An essay is presented which discusses the Italian political theorist and political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli's perspective on political power and personal liberty through examining his early 16th century books "The Prince" and "The Discourses." An overview of Machiavelli's philosophy on property rights is provided.
- Subjects
ITALY; MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo, 1469-1527; POWER (Social sciences) -- Social aspects; LIBERTY; PRINCE, The (Book : Machiavelli); DISCOURSES (Book : Machiavelli); POLITICAL philosophy; PROPERTY rights -- Social aspects; POLITICAL science; SIXTEENTH century; POLITICAL attitudes
- Publication
Social Research, 2014, Vol 81, Issue 1, p106
- ISSN
0037-783X
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/sor.2014.0013