What does the pursuit of power really mean? And what costs are borne by those who seek it or resist it?
Studies in Machiavellian Political Philosophy brings together the work of Michael Anton on the founder of modern political thought and its enduring impact on Western traditions.This book focuses on the Prince's book, but also deals with the Discourses, the Florentine Histories, the Xenophon Memoirs, the Considerations of Montesquieu, and the Book of the Federalist, and attempts to reveal the true feasibility of the ambitious political and philosophical project of the Italian philosopher.Anton also explores the spiritual and psychological dimensions of Machiavelli's teachings through the study of war, propaganda, friendship, and the perennial tension between philosophy and political power. His studies, based on the works of Leo Strauss, Harvey Mansfield and Leo Paul S. De Alvarez, highlighted important and inadequately explained aspects of Machiavelli's philosophy and the art of his writing, as well as the lasting influence of the ancients on the founding of the United States.
