Dante's deadly sins [[electronic resource] ] : moral philosophy in Hell / / Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 851/.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Deadly sins in literature
Hell in literature |
ISBN |
1-118-11241-5
1-118-11243-1 1-118-11240-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; The Rationale; The Origin; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; The Historical Context; The Life of Dante; Later Writings; The Commedia; Dante's Death; Aims of this Book; Dante as Moral Philosopher; 1 INFERNO; Dante's Mission; The Journey Begins; Vestibule (Ante-Hell): The Indecisive Neutrals; Upper Hell: Sins of Unrestrained Desire (the Wolf); River Styx, Walls of the City of Dis; Lower Hell: Sins of Malice Leading to Violence (the Lion); Lower Hell: Sins of Malice Leading to Fraud (the Leopard)
Dante's Existential Lessons in Hell2 PURGATORIO; Purgatory in a Nutshell; The Journey Continues; Ante-Purgatory: Late Repentants; Gate of Purgatory; The First Three Terraces: Misdirected Love; The Fourth Terrace: Deficient Love of the Good; The Final Three Terraces: Excessive Love of Secondary Goods; Dante's Existential Lessons in Purgatory; 3 THE NOTION OF DESERT AND THE LAW OF CONTRAPASSO; The Notion of Desert; The Contrapasso; The Problem of Proportionality; First Case Study: Francesca; Second Case Study: Brutus and Cassius; Third Case Study: Epicurus; Dante's Moral Conception 4 PARADOXES AND PUZZLESThe Paradox of Virgil; Summary of the Paradox of Virgil; The Strange Case of Cato; "The Perfect Stoic"; Dante's Decision; Dante and Conflict; 5 THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS; Historical Background; Superbia (Pride); Invidia (Envy); Ira (Wrath); Acedia (Sloth); Avaritia (Avarice); Gula (Gluttony); Luxuria (Lust); The Antidote: Righteous Love; The Bridge to Salvation; 6 DANTE'S EXISTENTIAL MORAL LESSONS; Dante and Existentialism; Jean-Paul Sartre and Hell; Dante's Ten Existential Lessons; Individualism and Community; Personal Strategies; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141300503321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
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Dante's deadly sins [[electronic resource] ] : moral philosophy in Hell / / Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 851/.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Deadly sins in literature
Hell in literature |
ISBN |
1-118-11241-5
1-118-11243-1 1-118-11240-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; The Rationale; The Origin; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; The Historical Context; The Life of Dante; Later Writings; The Commedia; Dante's Death; Aims of this Book; Dante as Moral Philosopher; 1 INFERNO; Dante's Mission; The Journey Begins; Vestibule (Ante-Hell): The Indecisive Neutrals; Upper Hell: Sins of Unrestrained Desire (the Wolf); River Styx, Walls of the City of Dis; Lower Hell: Sins of Malice Leading to Violence (the Lion); Lower Hell: Sins of Malice Leading to Fraud (the Leopard)
Dante's Existential Lessons in Hell2 PURGATORIO; Purgatory in a Nutshell; The Journey Continues; Ante-Purgatory: Late Repentants; Gate of Purgatory; The First Three Terraces: Misdirected Love; The Fourth Terrace: Deficient Love of the Good; The Final Three Terraces: Excessive Love of Secondary Goods; Dante's Existential Lessons in Purgatory; 3 THE NOTION OF DESERT AND THE LAW OF CONTRAPASSO; The Notion of Desert; The Contrapasso; The Problem of Proportionality; First Case Study: Francesca; Second Case Study: Brutus and Cassius; Third Case Study: Epicurus; Dante's Moral Conception 4 PARADOXES AND PUZZLESThe Paradox of Virgil; Summary of the Paradox of Virgil; The Strange Case of Cato; "The Perfect Stoic"; Dante's Decision; Dante and Conflict; 5 THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS; Historical Background; Superbia (Pride); Invidia (Envy); Ira (Wrath); Acedia (Sloth); Avaritia (Avarice); Gula (Gluttony); Luxuria (Lust); The Antidote: Righteous Love; The Bridge to Salvation; 6 DANTE'S EXISTENTIAL MORAL LESSONS; Dante and Existentialism; Jean-Paul Sartre and Hell; Dante's Ten Existential Lessons; Individualism and Community; Personal Strategies; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811392103321 |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
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Is human life absurd? : a philosophical inquiry into finitude, value, and meaning / / by Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden Boston : , : Brill | Rodopi, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 pages) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | Value Inquiry Book Series |
Soggetto topico |
Absurd (Philosophy)
Life Meaning (Philosophy) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-04-40879-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Defining the Absurd -- Relational Absurdity -- Internal Absurdity -- Taylor’s Romance with Meaningful Living -- Interpreting a Meaningful Human Life -- About the Author -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511391203321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Leiden Boston : , : Brill | Rodopi, , 2019 | ||
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Is human life absurd? : a philosophical inquiry into finitude, value, and meaning / / by Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden Boston : , : Brill | Rodopi, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 pages) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | Value Inquiry Book Series |
Soggetto topico |
Absurd (Philosophy)
Life Meaning (Philosophy) |
ISBN | 90-04-40879-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Defining the Absurd -- Relational Absurdity -- Internal Absurdity -- Taylor’s Romance with Meaningful Living -- Interpreting a Meaningful Human Life -- About the Author -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795312303321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Leiden Boston : , : Brill | Rodopi, , 2019 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Is human life absurd? : a philosophical inquiry into finitude, value, and meaning / / by Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden Boston : , : Brill | Rodopi, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 pages) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | Value Inquiry Book Series |
Soggetto topico |
Absurd (Philosophy)
Life Meaning (Philosophy) |
ISBN | 90-04-40879-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Defining the Absurd -- Relational Absurdity -- Internal Absurdity -- Taylor’s Romance with Meaningful Living -- Interpreting a Meaningful Human Life -- About the Author -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826975003321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Leiden Boston : , : Brill | Rodopi, , 2019 | ||
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Machiavelli's secret : the soul of the statesman / / Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 172 |
Soggetto topico | Statesmen - Psychology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4384-5722-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Value of Patriotism; The Final Chapter; The Need to Develop Civic Virtù; The Role of Virtù; The Nature of the World; The Requirements of Personal Identity; The Importance of Personal Security; The Quest for Deserved Glory; The Significance of the Value of Patriotism; Churchill and Coventry; Iran-Contra; Chapter 2 Religion and Morality; The Values and Uses of Religion; Refashioning God and Religion in Service of Patriotism; Patriotism, Religion, and the Condition of a Person's Soul; Machiavelli's Morality
The Popular View of Machiavelli on MoralityJustifications and Excuses; Machiavelli's Corollary Principle of Morality; Chapter 3 The Problem of Dirty Hands; How Political Hands Get Dirty; Moral Theory and the Problem of Dirty Hands; Machiavelli and Dirty Hands; Case Study in Dirty Hands: President Truman; Partial Excuses; Is Machiavelli's Doctrine Abhorrent?; Evaluating Military and Political Leaders; Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BCE-44 BCE); Oliverotto Euffreducci (Oliverotto da Fermo), CA. 1475-1502; Agathocles of Syracuse, 361 BCE-289 BCE; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498 Piero Soderini, 1450-1513Giovampagolo Baglioni, 1470-1520; Cesare Borgia ("Duke Valentino"), 1475-1507; Romulus, CA. 770 BCE-CA. 716 BCE; Lucius Junius Brutus, CA. 545 BCE-CA. 509 BCE; Numa Pompilius, CA. 750 BCE-CA. 673 BCE; Hiero II, 308 BCE-216 BCE; Hannibal, CA. 247 BCE-183 BCE; Chapter 4 The Soul of the Statesman; Piecing the Clues Together; The Inner Life of a Machiavellian Statesman; Why Should a Statesman Worry about Losing His Soul?; The Puzzle Completed; Guicciardini's Critique; Machiavelli's Legacy; Appendix A: Texts and Their Abbreviations; References Abbreviations for Book TitlesCitations to the Work of Francesco Guicciardini; Citations to the Work of Plato; Citations to the Work of Aristotle; Appendix B: Machiavelli's Life and Times; Appendix C: Case Studies-Heroes and Villains; Moses, CA. 1393 BCE-CA. 1273 BCE; Numa Pompilius, CA. 750 BCE-CA. 673 BCE; Gaius Julius Caesar, 100 BCE-44 BCE; Oliverotto Euffreducci (Oliverotto da Fermo), CA. 1475-1502; Agathocles of Syracuse, 361 BCE-289 BCE; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498; Piero Soderini, 1450-1513; Giovampagolo Baglioni, 1470-1520; Cesare Borgia ("Duke Valentino"), 1475-1507 Romulus, CA. 770 bce-CA. 716 BCELucius Junius Brutus, CA. 545 BCE-CA. 509 BCE; Hiero II of Syracuse, 308 BCE-216 BCE; Hannibal, CA. 247 BCE-183 BCE; Notes; Bibliography; Books; Articles; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461442103321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Machiavelli's secret : the soul of the statesman / / Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 172 |
Soggetto topico | Statesmen - Psychology |
ISBN | 1-4384-5722-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Value of Patriotism; The Final Chapter; The Need to Develop Civic Virtù; The Role of Virtù; The Nature of the World; The Requirements of Personal Identity; The Importance of Personal Security; The Quest for Deserved Glory; The Significance of the Value of Patriotism; Churchill and Coventry; Iran-Contra; Chapter 2 Religion and Morality; The Values and Uses of Religion; Refashioning God and Religion in Service of Patriotism; Patriotism, Religion, and the Condition of a Person's Soul; Machiavelli's Morality
The Popular View of Machiavelli on MoralityJustifications and Excuses; Machiavelli's Corollary Principle of Morality; Chapter 3 The Problem of Dirty Hands; How Political Hands Get Dirty; Moral Theory and the Problem of Dirty Hands; Machiavelli and Dirty Hands; Case Study in Dirty Hands: President Truman; Partial Excuses; Is Machiavelli's Doctrine Abhorrent?; Evaluating Military and Political Leaders; Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BCE-44 BCE); Oliverotto Euffreducci (Oliverotto da Fermo), CA. 1475-1502; Agathocles of Syracuse, 361 BCE-289 BCE; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498 Piero Soderini, 1450-1513Giovampagolo Baglioni, 1470-1520; Cesare Borgia ("Duke Valentino"), 1475-1507; Romulus, CA. 770 BCE-CA. 716 BCE; Lucius Junius Brutus, CA. 545 BCE-CA. 509 BCE; Numa Pompilius, CA. 750 BCE-CA. 673 BCE; Hiero II, 308 BCE-216 BCE; Hannibal, CA. 247 BCE-183 BCE; Chapter 4 The Soul of the Statesman; Piecing the Clues Together; The Inner Life of a Machiavellian Statesman; Why Should a Statesman Worry about Losing His Soul?; The Puzzle Completed; Guicciardini's Critique; Machiavelli's Legacy; Appendix A: Texts and Their Abbreviations; References Abbreviations for Book TitlesCitations to the Work of Francesco Guicciardini; Citations to the Work of Plato; Citations to the Work of Aristotle; Appendix B: Machiavelli's Life and Times; Appendix C: Case Studies-Heroes and Villains; Moses, CA. 1393 BCE-CA. 1273 BCE; Numa Pompilius, CA. 750 BCE-CA. 673 BCE; Gaius Julius Caesar, 100 BCE-44 BCE; Oliverotto Euffreducci (Oliverotto da Fermo), CA. 1475-1502; Agathocles of Syracuse, 361 BCE-289 BCE; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498; Piero Soderini, 1450-1513; Giovampagolo Baglioni, 1470-1520; Cesare Borgia ("Duke Valentino"), 1475-1507 Romulus, CA. 770 bce-CA. 716 BCELucius Junius Brutus, CA. 545 BCE-CA. 509 BCE; Hiero II of Syracuse, 308 BCE-216 BCE; Hannibal, CA. 247 BCE-183 BCE; Notes; Bibliography; Books; Articles; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797553403321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Machiavelli's secret : the soul of the statesman / / Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 172 |
Soggetto topico | Statesmen - Psychology |
ISBN | 1-4384-5722-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Value of Patriotism; The Final Chapter; The Need to Develop Civic Virtù; The Role of Virtù; The Nature of the World; The Requirements of Personal Identity; The Importance of Personal Security; The Quest for Deserved Glory; The Significance of the Value of Patriotism; Churchill and Coventry; Iran-Contra; Chapter 2 Religion and Morality; The Values and Uses of Religion; Refashioning God and Religion in Service of Patriotism; Patriotism, Religion, and the Condition of a Person's Soul; Machiavelli's Morality
The Popular View of Machiavelli on MoralityJustifications and Excuses; Machiavelli's Corollary Principle of Morality; Chapter 3 The Problem of Dirty Hands; How Political Hands Get Dirty; Moral Theory and the Problem of Dirty Hands; Machiavelli and Dirty Hands; Case Study in Dirty Hands: President Truman; Partial Excuses; Is Machiavelli's Doctrine Abhorrent?; Evaluating Military and Political Leaders; Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BCE-44 BCE); Oliverotto Euffreducci (Oliverotto da Fermo), CA. 1475-1502; Agathocles of Syracuse, 361 BCE-289 BCE; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498 Piero Soderini, 1450-1513Giovampagolo Baglioni, 1470-1520; Cesare Borgia ("Duke Valentino"), 1475-1507; Romulus, CA. 770 BCE-CA. 716 BCE; Lucius Junius Brutus, CA. 545 BCE-CA. 509 BCE; Numa Pompilius, CA. 750 BCE-CA. 673 BCE; Hiero II, 308 BCE-216 BCE; Hannibal, CA. 247 BCE-183 BCE; Chapter 4 The Soul of the Statesman; Piecing the Clues Together; The Inner Life of a Machiavellian Statesman; Why Should a Statesman Worry about Losing His Soul?; The Puzzle Completed; Guicciardini's Critique; Machiavelli's Legacy; Appendix A: Texts and Their Abbreviations; References Abbreviations for Book TitlesCitations to the Work of Francesco Guicciardini; Citations to the Work of Plato; Citations to the Work of Aristotle; Appendix B: Machiavelli's Life and Times; Appendix C: Case Studies-Heroes and Villains; Moses, CA. 1393 BCE-CA. 1273 BCE; Numa Pompilius, CA. 750 BCE-CA. 673 BCE; Gaius Julius Caesar, 100 BCE-44 BCE; Oliverotto Euffreducci (Oliverotto da Fermo), CA. 1475-1502; Agathocles of Syracuse, 361 BCE-289 BCE; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498; Piero Soderini, 1450-1513; Giovampagolo Baglioni, 1470-1520; Cesare Borgia ("Duke Valentino"), 1475-1507 Romulus, CA. 770 bce-CA. 716 BCELucius Junius Brutus, CA. 545 BCE-CA. 509 BCE; Hiero II of Syracuse, 308 BCE-216 BCE; Hannibal, CA. 247 BCE-183 BCE; Notes; Bibliography; Books; Articles; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813721103321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015 | ||
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Niccolo Machiavelli [[electronic resource] ] : the laughing lion and the strutting fox / / Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy
Political ethics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-87609-4
0-7391-3064-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Machiavelli's Life and Times; Chapter One: The Prince; Chapter Two: The Discourses; Chapter Three: Methods, Motivations, and Purposes: The Prince; Chapter Four: Machiavelli's Top Ten; Chapter Five: Ends and Means; Chapter Six: Machiavelli's Final Letter; Appendix A: Texts and Their Abbreviations; Appendix B: Biographical Notes: Medici Scorecard; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463202603321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Niccolo Machiavelli [[electronic resource] ] : the laughing lion and the strutting fox / / Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
Autore | Belliotti Raymond A. <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy
Political ethics |
ISBN |
1-283-87609-4
0-7391-3064-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Machiavelli's Life and Times; Chapter One: The Prince; Chapter Two: The Discourses; Chapter Three: Methods, Motivations, and Purposes: The Prince; Chapter Four: Machiavelli's Top Ten; Chapter Five: Ends and Means; Chapter Six: Machiavelli's Final Letter; Appendix A: Texts and Their Abbreviations; Appendix B: Biographical Notes: Medici Scorecard; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786018203321 |
Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
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Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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