Machiavelli and the Religion of the Ancients Platonism and Radical Republicanism
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Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
31.07.2026
Verlag
Edinburgh University PressSeitenzahl
384
Maße (L/B)
23.4/15.6 cm
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-399-51782-9
Machiavellianism and Platonism are traditionally opposed, as realism is to idealism, and might is to right. This book questions this opposition, arguing that Machiavelli is far more influenced by Platonism than by Epicureanism. The Platonism at the time of the Medici is marked by the reception of Arabic/Islamic and Byzantine interpretations of Plato. These portray Platonism as an expression of an "ancient theology" that offers an alternative to Christianity by undoing a stark opposition between faith and knowledge; emphasising the political and state-founding role of prophets; affirming the continuity between humans and animals; and defending the rationality of divine and human law. Miguel Vatter contends that from these alternative approaches to Platonism, Machiavelli draws a critique of both the Catholic Church and of Humanism, rejecting their oligarchic tendencies in favour of a radical form of republicanism.
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