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A huge anthology of classic Italian writers with an active table of contents.

Authors and works include:

Giovanni Boccaccio:
The Decameron
La Fiammetta

Boethius:
The Consolation of Philosophy

Marcus Tullius Cicero:
De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream
History of Famous Orators
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age

Dante Alighieri:
The Banquet
The Divine Comedy:
Inferno
Purgatory
Paradise

Writings of Leonardo Da Vinci:
Volume One
Volume Two

Giacomo Leopardi:
Poems

Nicolo Machiavelli:
The Prince
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
The Art of War
History of Florence and Italy

Ovid:
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso

Silvio Pellico:
My Ten Years' Imprisonment

Petrarch:
Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems ... Read more

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A timeless classic including the works of Machiavelli: Includes: THE PRINCE THE ART OF WAR HISTORY OF FLORENCE AND OF THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY DISCOURSES ON THE FIRST DECADE OF TITUS LIVIUS Every title is indexed for easy navigation. ... Read more

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INTRODUCTION

[Sidenote: The Life of a Day.]

'I am at my farm; and, since my last misfortunes, have not been in Florence twenty days. I spent September in snaring thrushes; but at the end of the month, even this rather tiresome sport failed me. I rise with the sun, and go into a wood of mine that is being cut, where I remain two hours inspecting the work of the previous day and conversing with the woodcutters, who have always some trouble on hand amongst themselves or with their neighbours. When I leave the wood, I go to a spring, and thence to the place which I use for snaring birds, with a book under my arm--Dante or Petrarch, or one of the minor poets, like Tibullus or Ovid. I read the story of their passions, and let their loves remind me of my own, which is a pleasant pastime for a while. Next I take the road, enter the inn door, talk with the passers-by, inquire the news of the neighbourhood, listen to a variety of matters, and make note of the different tastes and humours of men.

'This brings me to dinner-time, when I join my family and eat the poor produce of my farm. After dinner I go back to the inn, where I generally find the host and a butcher, a miller, and a pair of bakers. With these companions I play the fool all day at cards or backgammon: a thousand squabbles, a thousand insults and abusive dialogues take place, while we haggle over a farthing, and shout loud enough to be heard from San Casciano.

'But when evening falls I go home and enter my writing-room. On the threshold I put off my country habits, filthy with mud and mire, and array myself in royal courtly garments. Thus worthily attired, I make my entrance into the ancient courts of the men of old, where they receive me with love, and where I feed upon that food which only is my own and for which I was born. I feel no shame in conversing with them and asking them the reason of their actions.

'They, moved by their humanity, make answer. For four hours' space I feel no annoyance, forget all care; poverty cannot frighten, nor death appal me. I am carried away to their society. And since Dante says "that there is no science unless we retain what we have learned" I have set down what I have gained from their discourse, and composed a treatise, _De Principalibus_, in which I enter as deeply as I can into the science of the subject, with reasonings on the nature of principality, its several species, and how they are acquired, how maintained, how lost. If you ever liked any of my scribblings, this ought to suit your taste. To a prince, and especially to a new prince, it ought to prove acceptable. Therefore I am dedicating it to the Magnificence of Giuliano.'

[Sidenote: Niccolo Machiavelli.]

Such is the account that Niccolo Machiavelli renders of himself when after imprisonment, torture, and disgrace, at the age of forty-four, he first turned to serious writing. For the first twenty-six or indeed twenty-nine of those years we have not one line from his pen or one word of vaguest information about him. Throughout all his works written for publication, there is little news about himself. Montaigne could properly write, 'Ainsi, lecteur, je suis moy-mesme la matiere de mon livre.' But the matter of Machiavelli was far other: 'Io ho espresso quanto io so, e quanto io ho imparato per una lunga pratica e continua lezione delle cose del mondo.' ... Read more

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Inside re:Organizing America: A Plan for the 21st Century you will find a practical guide to addressing and achieving the change that America hopes for.Originally written by one of the great civil servants of all time, re:Organizing America outlines a specific agenda centered on the proper role of government in American life.From this basis general concepts are outlined, including the need a stable civic structure, the centrality of ethical ideas, and the proper use of the military.This seminal work will open you mind to a new understanding of what is and what could be. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Higher Education, published by Ohio State University Press on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 8479 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Nicolo Machiavelli is used in relaying suggestions on how university and college administrations can effect change in their organizations. The main tasks facing school administrators is to get an accurate assessment of their institutions. They should also have a keen appreciation of how decisions are made and implemented. Their success as school administrators depends on managerial expertise along with moral and political persuasiveness.

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Title: A memo from Machiavelli.(Nicolo Machiavelli)
Author: Daniel J. Julius
Publication: Journal of Higher Education (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1999
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Volume: 70Issue: 2Page: 113(2)

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