Robert J. Roecklein

Machiavelli and Epicureanism

An Investigation into the Origins of Early Modern Political Thought

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By studying Lucretius' poem De Rerum Nature and its impact on literary and political circles in Machiavelli's Florence, this book examines the way that the Lucretian concepts served Machiavelli as revolutionary new materials for the creation of his infamously brutal political science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 335g
• ISBN-13: 9780739197752
• ISBN-10: 0739197754
• Artikelnr.: 40721378

Autorenporträt

Robert J. Roecklein is currently a lecturer in rhetoric and political philosophy at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Plato's Refutation of Eleatic Atomism in the
Parmenides                           Chapter 2: Epicurus: Political
Philosopher Chapter 3: Lucretius' Aggressive Rhetoric Chapter 4:
Machiavelli's Discourses: the Birth of Neo-Epicureanism Chapter 5: The Life
of the Spirit in Machiavelli's Republic