| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (240 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Unabridged classics.
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Shelly Frasier. |
| Summary |
The Prince has long been both praised and reviled for its message of moral relativism and political expediency. Although a large part is devoted to the mechanics of gaining and staying in power, Machiavelli's end purpose is to maintain a just and stable government. He is not ambiguous in stating his belief that committing a small cruelty to avert a larger is not only justifiable but required of a just ruler.Machiavelli gives a vivid portrayal of his world in the chaos and tumult of early-sixteenth-century Florence, Italy, and Europe. He uses both his contemporary political situation and that of the classical period to illustrate his precepts of statecraft. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Political science -- Early works to 1800.
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Political ethics.
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| Added Author |
Frasier, Shelly.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781400128433 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1400128439 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10757119 |
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