VIRTUE AND POLITICS: AN ARISTOTELIAN READING OF NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI.

The paper discusses Niccolò Machiavelli's conception of virtue (virtú) and republican politics from the point of view of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Machiavelli's emphasis on civic virtue and the support of republican politics bear similarity to Aristotle's conception of politics. Against two compet...

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Published in:	Problems / Problemos Vol. 80; pp. 7 - 19
Main Author:	Bielskis, Andrius
Format:	Article
Published:	Vilnius University 2011
Subjects:	Aristotelianism (Philosophy) Machiavellianism (Psychology) Common good Social context Concepts Renaissance
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