{"product_id":"discourses-on-livy-9780226500362","title":"Discourses on Livy","description":"\u003ci\u003eDiscourses on Livy\u003c\/i\u003e is the founding document of modern republicanism, and Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov have provided the definitive English translation of this classic work. Faithful to the original Italian text, properly attentive to Machiavelli's idiom and subtlety of thought, it is eminently readable. With a substantial introduction, extensive explanatory notes, a glossary of key words, and an annotated index, the \u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Machiavelli's radical vision of a new science of politics, a vision of \"new modes and orders\" that continue to shape the modern ethos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Machiavelli] found in Livy the means to inspire scholars for five centuries. Within the \u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e, often hidden and sometimes unintended by their author, lie the seeds of modern political thought. . . . [Mansfield and Tarcov's] translation is careful and idiomatic.\"-Peter Stothard, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Translated with painstaking accuracy-but also great readability.\"-\u003ci\u003eWeekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A model of contemporary scholarship and a brave effort at Machiavelli translation that allows the great Florentine to speak in his own voice.\"-\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMachiavelli, Niccolò:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNiccolò Machiavelli\u003c\/b\u003e (1469-1527) was a diplomat, politician, and philosopher of the Italian Renaissance. Modern political philosophy and political science is founded on Machiavelli's writings. He served for many years as a senior official in the Florentine Republic with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. When the Medicis came to power, he was imprisoned and then retired to the writing of his works of political philosophy.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMansfield, Harvey C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eHarvey C. Mansfield\u003c\/b\u003e is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMachiavelli's Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e and has translated \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Discourses on Livy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Nathan Tarcov), and \u003ci\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e (with Delba Winthrop), all published by the University of Chicago Press.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697243263250,"sku":"9780226500362","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_855535ee-f0dd-4f1e-a400-fe757dde6239.jpg?v=1734297215","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/discourses-on-livy-9780226500362","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}