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Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli in His World, by Erica Benner
€7.00
Quay Books
Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality. But that characterization is unfair.
In Be Like the Fox, Erica Benner sets the record straight: far from the ruthless ‘Machiavellian’ henchman that people think he was, Machiavelli emerges here as a profound ethical thinker who fought to uphold high moral standards and restore the democratic freedoms of his beloved Florence.
Shaking the dust from history, Benner interweaves Machiavelli's words with those of his friends and enemies, giving us a biography with all the energy of fiction.
Be Like the Fox is the gripping story of a brilliant political thinker, showing that Machiavelli's ideas - about democratic institutions, diplomacy, and freedom - are more important than ever.
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