LEADER 03610nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910458910003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-63944-7 010 $a9786612639449 010 $a1-4008-3503-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400835034 035 $a(CKB)2670000000034057 035 $a(EBL)540268 035 $a(OCoLC)650310403 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000638091 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12255584 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638091 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10708093 035 $a(PQKB)10761638 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC540268 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36711 035 $a(DE-B1597)446700 035 $a(OCoLC)979745512 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400835034 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL540268 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10395111 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL263944 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000034057 100 $a20100115d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMachiavelli's god$b[electronic resource] /$fMaurizio Viroli ; translated by Antony Shugaar 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 300 $aTranslated from Italian. 311 $a0-691-15449-X 311 $a0-691-12414-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tFOREWORD -- $tPREFACE -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER ONE. HIS GOD -- $tCHAPTER TWO. THE POWER OF WORDS -- $tCHAPTER THREE. THE REPUBLIC AND ITS RELIGION -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. MACHIAVELLI AND THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL REFORMATION OF ITALY -- $tINDEX 330 $aTo many readers of The Prince, Machiavelli appears to be deeply un-Christian or even anti-Christian, a cynic who thinks rulers should use religion only to keep their subjects in check. But in Machiavelli's God, Maurizio Viroli, one of the world's leading authorities on Machiavelli, argues that Machiavelli, far from opposing Christianity, thought it was crucial to republican social and political renewal--but that first it needed to be renewed itself. And without understanding this, Viroli contends, it is impossible to comprehend Machiavelli's thought. Viroli places Machiavelli in the context of Florence's republican Christianity, which was founded on the idea that the true Christian is a citizen who serves the common good. In this tradition, God participates in human affairs, supports and rewards those who govern justly, and desires men to make the earthly city similar to the divine one. Building on this tradition, Machiavelli advocated a religion of virtue, and he believed that, without this faith, free republics could not be established, defend themselves against corruption, or survive. Viroli makes a powerful case that Machiavelli, far from being a pagan or atheist, was a prophet of a true religion of liberty, a way of moral and political living that would rediscover and pursue charity and justice. The translation of this work has been funded by SEPS - Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche. 606 $aPolitical ethics$zItaly 606 $aReligion and politics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical ethics 615 0$aReligion and politics. 676 $a172 700 $aViroli$b Maurizio$0122376 701 $aShugaar$b Antony$034604 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458910003321 996 $aMachiavelli's god$92467523 997 $aUNINA