Cicero had declared in De Officiis that 'there are some acts either so repulsive or so wicked that a wise man would not commit them even to save his country'. Machiavelli retorts that 'when it is absolutely a question of the safety of one's country', it becomes the duty of every citizen to recognize that there must be no consideration of just or unjust, of merciful or cruel, of praiseworthy or disgraceful; instead, setting aside every scruple, one must follow to the utmost any plan that will save her life and keep her liberty. (查看原文)
This, then, is the sign of virtu in rules and citizens alike: each must be prepared 'to advance not his own interests but the general good, not his own posterity but the common fatherland'. This is why Machiavelli speaks of the Roman republic as a repository of 'so much virtu': patriotism was felt to be more powerful than any other consideration, as a result of which the populace became for 400 years an enemy to the name of king, and a lover of the glory and the common good of its native city. (查看原文)
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5 有用 Deetz 2015-03-13
你看，大家吐槽的都是中文版的推荐序言……
1 有用 上古天 2015-10-22
很一般，不推荐。不如直接看马的论著。
1 有用 元非 2015-05-23
对承诺、自由、纷争、征服的讨论，好像可以纳入#渣男学#阅读材料
1 有用 _Esperanza__ 2015-07-19
读马基雅维利对我来说永远是史学研究：庞杂而实际，（出于各种原因）深层逻辑晦暗不明。只读君主论而不读李维史论外加一本其他的评述是难以想象的；然而我没有那么大的热情继续读下去。斯金纳从保守的角度讲是不应该受到什么指责的：他首先复原出一个人文主义语境，随后将马基雅维利放归回其下，（通过三个主要作品）分析他是如何继承罗马古典-文艺复兴人文主义传统（仿效文风、拒斥部分基督教观念等），又是在哪里如何颠覆了它。... 读马基雅维利对我来说永远是史学研究：庞杂而实际，（出于各种原因）深层逻辑晦暗不明。只读君主论而不读李维史论外加一本其他的评述是难以想象的；然而我没有那么大的热情继续读下去。斯金纳从保守的角度讲是不应该受到什么指责的：他首先复原出一个人文主义语境，随后将马基雅维利放归回其下，（通过三个主要作品）分析他是如何继承罗马古典-文艺复兴人文主义传统（仿效文风、拒斥部分基督教观念等），又是在哪里如何颠覆了它。时常出现的与西塞罗、塞涅卡等人的细节比照就是一个例证。我还是倾向于认为，对马基雅维利纷繁的谏言作出一个具统摄性的假设不一定是正确的，也并非必要。 (展开)
6 有用 小p 2015-01-24
对马基雅维利几部作品的梳理非常清晰明了，但是没有整理总结马基雅维利的思想，更没有提在思想史的层面，马基雅维利的意义和影响在哪里。还是有点让人失望的。
0 有用 chon 2021-02-13
很小的一本作品，简单地梳理了Machiavelli的生平和思想，对其作品的讨论集中在君主论，论李维；尤其对Machiavelli 重新理解/再诠释君主的德性的思路记载下来，唯一不足是这书篇幅太小，仅适合概括性的了解。
0 有用 黄克思 2021-02-12
实用。
0 有用 clever_galileo 2021-02-11
与其"拥有一位在世时能明智统治的领袖"，不如"拥有一位善于设计制度的领袖"，以确保国家未来的命运能够转而依靠"民众的德性"
0 有用 tyer 2021-02-01
之前看过盐野七生写的马基雅维利的传记，这一本虽然短，但干货更多，主要介绍了马基雅维利的思想内涵，值得一读。
0 有用 Neo 2021-01-30
为下个月读君主论打基础，读下来感觉简直是文艺复兴时期的朋克，挺颠覆的，厉害的不是他的言说有好，而在于一边逆反传统，一边成为后人研究同一问题绕不过的坎，无疑是伟大的思考者。本书的作者功力也很够。