Commentary

Machiavelli’s Common Good

- Mark Blitz, "Machiavelli's Common Good," Library of Law and Liberty, August 14, 2017.
Machiavelli’s Politics is aptly named. Catherine Zuckert’s new book concentrates intently on Niccolo Machiavelli’s judgment about how best to govern political communities in the ordinary sense—places such as Florence and Rome. Her views about what… More

Machiavelli’s Enterprise by Harvey Mansfield

- Harvey C. Mansfield, 'Machiavelli's Enterprise,' The New Criterion, October, 2013.
Excerpt: To create the modern world Machiavelli initiated a two-fold transformation of politics and philosophy that would bring them together: politics with the elevation of philosophy and philosophy brought down to earth. These two motions come together in… More

Machiavelli and Us

- Louis Althusser. Machiavelli and Us. Translated by Gregory Elliott. 2nd ed. London: Verso, 2011.

“The Problem of the Prince”

- Eric Nelson. "The Problem of the Prince." Chap. 17 in The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

“Law and Innovation in Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”

- Nathan Tarcov. "Law and Innovation in Machiavelli's 'Prince'." Chap. 5 in Enlightening Revolutions: Essays in Honor of Ralph Lerner, edited by Svetozar Minkov, with the assistance of Stéphane Douard. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2006.

Machiavelli’s God

- Maurizio Viroli. Machiavelli's God. Translated by Antony Shugaar. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Originally published as Il Dio di Machiavelli e il problema morale dell'Italia (Rome: Laterza, 2005).

Machiavelli and Empire

- Mikael Hörnqvist. Machiavelli and Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

“Arms and Politics in Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”

- Nathan Tarcov. "Arms and Politics in Machiavelli's 'Prince'." Chap. 8 in Entre Kant et Kosovo: études offertes à Pierre Hassner. Edited by Anne-Marie Le Gloannec et Aleksander Smolar. Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2003.

“Interpretive Essay”

- Christopher Lynch. “Interpretive Essay.” In Niccolò Machiavelli, Art of War, translated by Christopher Lynch, 179–226. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

“Bruni and Machiavelli on Civic Humanism”

- Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. "Bruni and Machiavelli on Civic Humanism." Chap. 8 in Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

“Situating Machiavelli”

- Paul Rahe. "Situating Machiavelli." Chap. 10 in Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Niccolò’s Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli

- Maurizio Viroli. Niccolò's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli, translated by Antony Shugaar. New York: Hill and Wang, 2000.
A biography of Machiavelli, with lots of good translations of Machiavelli.

Machiavelli’s Virtue.

- Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. Machiavelli’s Virtue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Machiavelli in Hell

- Sebastian DeGrazia. Machiavelli in Hell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989.

“Niccolò Machiavelli”

- Leo Strauss. "Niccolò Machiavelli." In History of Political Philosophy, edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.

Machiavelli

- August Buck. Machiavelli. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1985.

Citizen Machiavelli

- Mark Hulliung. Citizen Machiavelli. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983.

Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the “Discourses on Livy”

- Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the “Discourses on Livy”. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979.
From the publisher: Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders is the only full-length interpretive study on Machiavelli’s controversial and ambiguous work, Discourses on Livy. These discourses, considered by some to be Machiavelli’s most… More

Machiavelli in the Making

- Claude Lefort. Machiavelli in the Making. Translated by Michael B. Smith. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2012. Originally published as Le travail de l'oeuvre Machiavel (Paris: Gallimard, 1972).

The Life of Niccolò Machiavelli

- Roberto Ridolfi. The Life of Niccolò Machiavelli. Translated by Cecil Grayson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.

Machiavelli

- J. H. Whitfield. Machiavelli. Oxford: Blackwell, 1947.