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- 2018
Machiavelli’s Republican PhilosophyKeywords: Machiavelli,Prens,Siyaset üzerine S?ylevler,Cumhuriyet?ilik Abstract: Is Machiavelli a teacher of evil, a defender of absolute, despotic rule? Or is he really a republican thinker as he appears to be in The Discourses? This article presents Machiavelli as a republican thinker. The contention of the article is that Machiavelli throughout his life expressed a preference for the republic as the best government despite his views expressed in his controversial work, The Prince. The article demonstrates that when Machiavelli’s life and the political atmosphere of his time are taken into consideration, The Prince fits in with the republican account of Machiavelli’s life-work
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