{"product_id":"the-discourses-by-niccolo-machiavelli-9780140444285","title":"The Discourses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolo Machiavelli. For while his treatise \u003cem\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/em\u003e made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthlessness and cynical manipulation, \u003cem\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1517) shows a radically different outlook on the world of politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this carefully argued commentary on Livy's history of republican Rome, Machiavelli proposes a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, encouraging citizens to put the needs of the state above personal interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmbitious in scope, clear-eyed and pragmatic, \u003cem\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/em\u003e expound another modern theory of republican politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46510736703724,"sku":"9780140444285","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780140444285.jpg?v=1748807824","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-discourses-by-niccolo-machiavelli-9780140444285","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}