The Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1864 |
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Page iv
... political remarks . He may produce something which at the present day would be called a philosophical history , whatever may be meant by that much abused name . But there is great danger in treating history this way , even when a man of ...
... political remarks . He may produce something which at the present day would be called a philosophical history , whatever may be meant by that much abused name . But there is great danger in treating history this way , even when a man of ...
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... political wisdom , it follows that this can only be done by observing the course of past events and seeing what things go before and what follow after . Hobbes , in his address to his readers , prefixed to his translation of Thucydides ...
... political wisdom , it follows that this can only be done by observing the course of past events and seeing what things go before and what follow after . Hobbes , in his address to his readers , prefixed to his translation of Thucydides ...
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... political factions which originated about the time of the Gracchi , and the meaning of these party designations . If I have any where digressed in order to explain what most readers would not understand without some assistance , I have ...
... political factions which originated about the time of the Gracchi , and the meaning of these party designations . If I have any where digressed in order to explain what most readers would not understand without some assistance , I have ...
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... political wisdom , applied to the circumstances of Italy , has been often assailed . It was not intended for publication , but it was printed at Rome after the author's death , with the permission of Pope Clement VII . Machiavelli ...
... political wisdom , applied to the circumstances of Italy , has been often assailed . It was not intended for publication , but it was printed at Rome after the author's death , with the permission of Pope Clement VII . Machiavelli ...
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... political wisdom of Thucydides and Machiavelli . Both these great men looked at human affairs as they are , and they have told us how princes and leaders of states have acted and will act as long as states and princes exist . As political ...
... political wisdom of Thucydides and Machiavelli . Both these great men looked at human affairs as they are , and they have told us how princes and leaders of states have acted and will act as long as states and princes exist . As political ...
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