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Machiavelli's Platonic Problems
Neoplatonism, Eros, Mythmaking, and Philosophy in Machiavellian Thought
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2021
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Machiavelli is traditionally understood has a thinker who rejected Platonism in bulk. This book argues that even if it is correct to describe him as unsympathetic to Platonic thought, his philosophy addresses it in a deep and nuanced manner. In order to see this, one must first disentangle Machiavelli’s conversation with Plato from his criticism of Christian Florentine Neoplatonism. Once this is done, Machiavelli’s work reveals itself to engage key Platonic themes, such as love, the place of philosophical education in politics, and the relationship between policymaking and mythmaking. This engagement helps us further characterize and clarify essential concepts and axioms of Machiavellian thought, such as fortúna, virtue, the importance of self-reliance, and the proper sources of political knowledge.
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2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-1643-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-1644-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
106
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Acknowledgments No access
Relevant Debates in the Literature No access
Overview of the Work No access
Scholarly Contributions No access
Notes on Methodology and Translations No access
Notes No access
Chapter 1 Machiavelli, Florentine Neoplatonism, and the Medici No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter 2 Machiavelli’s Critique of Diotima’s Eros No access Pages 19 - 32
Chapter 3 Myths and Policymaking in Machiavelli and Plato No access Pages 33 - 58
Chapter 4 Hunting, History, and Philosophy in Machiavelli’s Princely Education No access Pages 59 - 84
