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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/10/2013,SPi ’ MACHIAVELLI S PRINCE OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/10/2013,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/10/2013,SPi ’ Machiavelli s Prince A New Reading ERICA BENNER 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,5/11/2013,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries #EricaBenner2013 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2013 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Dataavailable ISBN 978–0–19–965363–8 PrintedinGreatBritainby CPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/10/2013,SPi Quantopiúmiècresciutolasperanza,tantomiècresciutoeltimore...Oimé, cheionontruovorequieinalcunoloco!Talvoltaiocercodivinceremestesso, riprendomidiquestomiofurore,edicomeco:Chefaitu?Se’tuimpazzato? Quandotul’ottenga,chefia?...Nonsaituquantopocobenesitruovanella cosechel’uomodesidera,rispettoaquellochel’uomohapresuppostotrovarvi? Themoremyhopehasgrown,themoremyfearhasgrown...Woeisme! Ican’tfindrestanywhere!SometimesItrytoconquermyself,reproaching myselffor thisfuryofmine,and saytomyself: Whatareyoudoing? Are youcrazy?Whenyougether,what’llitamountto?...Don’tyouknowhow littlegoodamanfindsinthethingshehaslongedfor,comparedwithwhat heexpectedtofind? (Mandragola,ActIV,scene1) OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/10/2013,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/10/2013,SPi Acknowledgements Ihavebeeninspiredandchallengedbydiscussionswithotherscholars,some at early stages of writing and others when the manuscript was more or less complete. I regret that I had too little time and space to address all their suggestionsinthetext.Nondimanco,Ithankthefollowingfortheircontribu- tions to my thinking on the Prince, and hope for future opportunities to continueourdiscussions:AdrianBlau,GuillaumeBogiaris,DirkBrantl,Dallas Denery, DenisFachard,BenedettoFontana,Tankred Freiberger, RolfGeiger, Michael Gillespie, Giovanni Giorgini, Anthony Grafton, Ruth Grant, Otfried Höffe, Andreas Kablitz, George Kateb, Daniel Stein Kokin, Robyn Marasco, John McCormick, David Miller, Cary Nederman, Luis Javier Orjuela, Gio- vanni Panno, Zbigniew Pelczynski, Mark Philp, Alessandro Pinzani, Ema- nuele Cutinelli Rendina, JorgeAndres López Rivera, Rodrigo Romero, Rahul Sagar, Peter Schröder, Quentin Skinner, Peter Stacey, Vickie Sullivan, Diego von Vacano, Ever Eduardo Velazco, Armando Villegas, Maurizio Viroli, Daniel Weinstock, Will Wittels, and Catherine Zuckert. Special thanks are due to John Najemy for his prudentissimo advice on my original book proposal. SomeoftheideasinthisbookwerepresentedattheGroupedeRecherche Interuniversitaire en Philosophie Politique, Montreal; Philosophisches Seminar, Tübingen University; Oriel College, Oxford; the Center for Human Values, Princeton; Duke University; Universidad Javeriana, Cali, Colombia; and Renaissance Studies Association conferences in Montreal and Washing- ton, D.C. I thank the organizers for their invitations, and the audiences and otherparticipantsfortheircomments. IalsothankAndrewHurrell,CatherineClarke,andtheanonymousreaders for OUP for their valuable suggestions; and Dominic Byatt, Aimee Wright, CarlaHodge,andMandiGomezatOUPforalltheireditorialsupport. I am grateful above all to Patrick and to my mother, to whom I dedicate thisbook.Sincewordscannotexpressthedepthofmygratitude,Ishallleave themout. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/10/2013,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/10/2013,SPi Contents Detailedcontents xi Abbreviations xvii Introduction xix Machiavelli’sironictechniques xlv Codedwords liii Dedication:princesandpeoples 1 States 1. Statesandmodes 9 2. Maintainingstates 23 3. Empire 31 4. Absolutegovernment 53 5. Freecities 61 Modes 6. Virtú 69 7. Fortune 89 8. Crimes 111 9. Fortunateastuteness 123 Foundations 10. Abundanceandnecessity 139 11. Popes 149 12. Armsandlaws 155 13. Armsandvirtú 163 14. Knowledgeanddiscipline 169 Virtuesandvices 15. Praiseandblame 179 16. Givingandspending 185 17. Fearandpunishment 197 18. Deceptionandgoodfaith 213 19. Whatprincesshouldfear 225
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