- Early works to 1800, Political science, Machiavelli, niccolo, 1469-1527, Machiavellianism (psychology)
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Cool, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Leo Strauss
- First published
- 1958
- Pages
- 348
- Publisher
- The Free Press, University of Chicago Press / Midway Reprints, Chicago, Free Press
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780226777047
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First sentence
“WE shall not shock anyone, we shall merely expose ourselves to good-natured or at any rate harmless ridicule, if we profess ourselves inclined to the old-fashioned and simple opinion according to which Machiavelli was a teacher of evil.”
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