The Sweetness of Power
Machiavelli's Discourses and Guicciardini's Considerations

Niccolò Machiavelli (Author), Francesco Guicciardini (Author), David Sices (Translated by)

9780875802886

Hardback, published 1 June 2002

504 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm, 0.907 kg

The best account of Machiavelli's main intention in writing the Discorsi, far surpassing all English editions.

The question of order inspired two of the greatest political thinkers of the Renaissance—Niccoló Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini, whose major works on the nature of government are linked in an authoritative new translation. Political adversaries but nonetheless friends, Machiavelli and Guicciardini both reflected on ancient Rome and refined their conceptions of government with an eye to the political turmoil of their own Florence.

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Niccoló Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy
Francesco Guicciardini's Considerations of the "Discourses" of Niccoló Machiavelli
Works Consulted
Index