On striking Similarities between Chapters XIV – XIX of Machiavelli’s The Prince and the Fifth Book of Aristotle’s Politics
On striking Similarities between Chapters XIV – XIX of Machiavelli’s The Prince and the Fifth Book of Aristotle’s Politics
Author(s): Aleksandr MishurinSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Psychology, History of Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Political Sciences, Ancient Philosphy, Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, History and theory of political science, Comparative politics, Psychology of Self
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: Machiavelli; Aristotle; tyranny; political philosophy; ancients; moderns
Summary/Abstract: In the article, I try to refute an old and widespread superstition according to which the new political philosophy created by Niccolo Machiavelli breaks with classical political philosophy by taking a novel position toward the political; that is, that classics were idle “idealists” while Machiavelli is a coldblooded “realist”. To do that, I compare the most explicit part of The Prince (chapters XIV-XIX) with the end of the fifth book of Aristotle’s Politics and attempt to show that in the most pivotal chapters of his most famous work, the Florentine, in fact, often borrows Aristotle’s advice on how to preserve a tyrannical rule.
Journal: Философия
- Issue Year: 30/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 55-65
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF