Machiavelli, Leonardo, and the Science of Power

by Roger D. Masters

Book Overview

In recent years, Niccol Machiavelli's works have been viewed primarily with historical interest as analysis of the tactics used by immoral political officials. Roger D. Masters, a leading expert in the relationship between modern natural sciences and politics, argues boldly in this book that Machiavelli should be reconsidered as a major philosopher whose thought makes the wisdom of antiquity accessible to the modern (and post-modern) condition,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268014167
• ISBN13: 9780268014162
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"