Commentary
Thoughts on Machiavelli by Leo Strauss
- Strauss, Leo. Thoughts on Machiavelli. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1958.From the publisher: Leo Strauss argued that the most visible fact about Machiavelli’s doctrine is also the most useful one: Machiavelli seems to be a teacher of wickedness. Strauss sought to incorporate this idea in his interpretation without permitting it… More