Machiavelli's effectual truth : creating the modern world / Harvey C. Mansfield.
| Author/creator | Mansfield, Harvey C. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. |
| Description | xvi, 180 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machiavelli's succession problem -- Machiavelli's world -- Leo Strauss on The prince -- The cuckold in Machiavelli's Mandragola -- Leonardo Bruni and Machiavelli on civic humanism -- Montesquieu and Machiavelli -- Tocqueville's Machiavellianism. |
| Abstract | "This is the first book on the "effectual truth," a new kind of truth invented by Machiavelli that led to the invention of scientific method in cause and effect, passed along to philosophic successors, such as Montesquieu 230 years later. High-level thinking in words you can understand"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2023008744 |
| ISBN | 9781009320153 |
| ISBN | 9781009320122 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1009320122 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1009320157 |
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