Botero: The Reason of State (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 1st Edition, 9/7/2017
EAN 9781316506721, ISBN10: 131650672X
Paperback, 270 pages, 22 x 16.6 x 0.5 cm
Language: English
Niccolò Machiavelli's seminal work, The Prince, argued that a ruler could not govern morally and be successful. Giovanni Botero disputed this argument and proposed a system for the maintenance and expansion of a state that remained moral in character. Founding an anti-Machiavellian tradition that aimed to refute Machiavelli in practice, Botero is an important figure in early modern political thought, though he remains relatively unknown. His most notable work, Della ragion di Stato, first popularised the term 'reason of state' and made a significant contribution to a major political debate of the time - the perennial issue of the relationship between politics and morality - and the book became a political 'bestseller' in the late sixteenth and the seventeenth century. This translation of the 1589 volume introduces Botero to a wider Anglophone readership and extends this influential text to a modern audience of students and scholars of political thought.
Part I. Book 1
Part II. Book Two
Part III. Book Three
Part IV. Book Four
Part V. Book Five
Part VI. Book Six
Part VII. Book Seven
Part VIII. Book Eight
Part IX. Book Nine
Part X. Book Ten
Part XI. Appendix A
Part XII. Appendix B
Part XIII. Appendix C
Part XIV. Appendix D.