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Article: Machiavelli's Virtue.
- Article from:
- American Political Science Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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Timothy Fuller, Colorado College
Harvey Mansfield brings together essays on Machiavelli he has written over 30 years and adds a substantial title essay. This collection includes Mansfield's introductions to works he has translated as well as essays on Burke, the idea of progress, Leo Strauss on Machiavelli, and the idea of the state. As a whole, it shows the reader how Mansfield's thoughts on Machiavelli have developed and matured over time. Of greatest interest is the 52-page title essay, which sums up Mansfield's thinking as it now stands. It is the most powerful essay in the volume.
Mansfield is among the foremost contemporary Machiavelli scholars and also ...