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Format: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 230 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 1-108-51547-9 , 1-108-50653-4 , 1-316-49395-4

Series Statement: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Uniform Title: Della ragion di stato. 2017

Content: Niccolò Machiavelli's seminal work, The Prince, argued that a ruler could not govern morally and be successful. Giovanni Botero disputed this argument and proposed a system for the maintenance and expansion of a state that remained moral in character. Founding an anti-Machiavellian tradition that aimed to refute Machiavelli in practice, Botero is an important figure in early modern political thought, though he remains relatively unknown. His most notable work, Della ragion di Stato, first popularised the term 'reason of state' and made a significant contribution to a major political debate of the time - the perennial issue of the relationship between politics and morality - and the book became a political 'bestseller' in the late sixteenth and the seventeenth century. This translation of the 1589 volume introduces Botero to a wider Anglophone readership and extends this influential text to a modern audience of students and scholars of political thought.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Nov 2017). , Cover -- Half title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Further Reading -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Dedication -- Book One -- 1. What is Reason of State -- 2. Division of Dominions -- 3. Of Subjects -- 4. Of the Causes of the Ruin of States -- 5. Which is the Greater Work, to Expand or to Conserve a State -- 6. Which States are More Lasting, the Large, the Small, or the Middle-Sized -- 7. Whether United States or Dispersed Ones are More Lasting -- 8. On the Ways to Conserve [a State] -- 9. How Great Must the Excellence of the Virtù of a Prince Be -- 10. Of the Two Types of Excellence in the Virtù of a Prince -- 11. What are the Virtues that are Suited to Produce Love and Reputation -- 12. Of Justice -- 13. Two Types of Royal Justice -- 14. Of the Justice of a King toward his Subjects -- 15. Of Justice between Subject and Subject -- 16. Of the Ministers of Justice -- 17. On the Retention of Magistrates in Office -- 18. Words of Caution regarding the Administration of Justice -- 19. On Liberality -- 20. On Freeing the Needy from Misery -- 21. The Promotion of Virtù -- 22. Words of Caution about Liberality -- Book Two -- 1. Of Prudence -- 2. Of the Knowledge Suitable to Sharpen Prudence -- 3. Of History -- 4. Of the Knowledge of the Nature and Inclinations of Subjects -- 5. Of the Location of a Country -- 6. Points about Prudence -- 7. Of Secrecy -- 8. Of Counsels -- 9. Of Not Introducing Novelties -- 10. Of Valor -- 11. Of the Ways to Preserve Reputation -- 12. Of those Princes who because of their Greatness or Reputation have been Said to be Great or Wise -- 13. Of the Wise -- 14. Of the Virtues which Preserve the Aforementioned Qualities -- 15. Of Religion -- 16. Of the Means to Propagate Religion -- 17. Of Temperance -- Book Three -- 1. Of the Ways to Divert the People. , 2. Of Honorable and Great Enterprises -- 3. Of Enterprises of War -- 4. Whether it is Expedient for a Prince to Go to War in Person -- Book Four -- 1. Of the Way to Avoid Rumblings and Rebellions -- 2. Of the Three Types of Persons who Make Up the City -- 3. Of the Great Ones -- 4. Of the Princes of the Blood -- 5. Of Feudal Barons -- 6. Of Those who are Great because of their Courage -- 7. Of the Poor -- Book Five -- 1. Of Acquired Subjects, How they Ought to be Treated -- 2. Of Infidels and Heretics -- 3. Of the Refractory -- 4. How they Have to be Discouraged -- 5. Whether Letters Are or Are Not an Aid to Render Men Brave under Arms -- 6. How to Weaken their Power -- 7. How to Weaken their Union -- 8. How to Take Away the Means of Uniting with Other Peoples -- Book Six -- 1. Of Security from Foreign Enemies -- 2. Of Fortresses -- 3. Of the Conditions of the Fortresses -- 4. Of Colonies -- 5. Of Garrisons -- 6. Of Keeping the Frontiers Deserted -- 7. Of Prevention -- 8. Of Maintaining Factions and Plots -- 9. Of Leagues with Neighbors -- 10. Of Eloquence -- 11. Of those Things that Have to be Done after the Enemy has Entered the Country -- 12. Of Depriving the Enemy of Food Supply -- 13. Of Diversion -- 14. Of Agreement with Enemies -- 15. Of Seeking Protection and Submitting to Others -- 16. Of Standing Above the Fray while Neighbors are at War -- Book Seven -- 1. Of Forces [Resources] -- 2. Is it Fitting for a Prince to Accumulate Treasure -- 3. That it is Necessary that the Prince have Treasure -- 4. Of Revenues -- 5. Of Loans -- 6. Of Aid from the Church -- 7. Of Extraordinary Income -- 8. Of Abstention from Inappropriate Expenses and from Giving out of Vanity -- 9. How it is Necessary to Conserve the Surplus -- 10. Of People -- 11. Of a Numerous Population -- Book Eight -- 1. Two Ways to Increase People and Resources -- 2. Of Agriculture. , 3. Of Industry -- 4. Of Matrimony and the Education of Children -- 5. Of Colonies -- 6. Of Ways to Grow Rich at the Expense of Others -- 7. Of the Means Taken by the Romans -- 8. Of the Purchase of States -- 9. Of Enlistment -- 10. Of States Taken as Pledges -- 11. Of Alliances of Kinship -- 12. Of Adoption -- 13. Of the Method Used by the Poles -- 14. Of Alliances -- 15. Of Commerce, and Whether it is Suitable for a King to Engage in it -- 16. Of the Method Employed by the Sultans of Egypt and by the Portuguese -- 17. Of the Method Used by the Chinese -- 18. Of the Method Used by the Turks -- Book Nine -- 1. Of the Ways to Increase Resources -- 2. Whether a Prince Ought to Train his Own Subjects for War or Not -- 3. Of the Selection of Soldiers -- 4. Of Arms -- 5. Of the Ornaments of Arms -- 6. Of Order -- 7. Of the Justice of the Cause -- 8. Of Recourse to God -- 9. Of Keeping Soldiers Far from their Home -- 10. Of Discipline -- 11. Of Reward -- 12. Of Punishment -- 13. Of Emulation -- 14. Of the License Given to the Janissaries -- 15. Of Labor -- 16. Of Determination -- 17. Of Placing the Soldiers before the Necessity of Fighting -- 18. Of Binding Soldiers by Oath or Execration -- 19. Of Familiarity with the Enemy -- 20. Of Exploiting your Advantage -- 21. Of Forestalling the Enemy -- 22. Of Stratagems -- 23. Of the Particular Way that Caesar Increased the Spirit of his Soldiers -- Book Ten -- 1. Of the Captain -- 2. Of the Ways that the Captain can Make his Soldiers Spirited -- 3. Of Good Fortune -- 4. Of Courage and Example -- 5. Of Cheerfulness -- 6. Of the Ways to Indicate Certainty of Victory -- 7. Of Caution -- 8. Of Alertness -- 9. Of Eloquence and Another Matter -- 10. Which is Greater, Sea Power or Land Power -- 11. Which is of Greater Importance, the Cavalry or the Infantry. , Appendix A Of the Means to Calm Troubles Once they have Arisen -- Appendix B In the Accumulation of Wealth One Ought Not to Continue ad Infinitum -- Appendix C Against Whom the Prince Ought to Deploy his Military Forces -- Appendix D Of Reputation -- Book One -- 1. What is Reputation -- 2. What is the Origin of Reputation -- 3. Of the Importance of Reputation -- 4. Grades and Types of Reputation -- Index.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-107-14182-6

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-316-50672-X

Language: English

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316493953