Shakespeare and Stoic Ethics, Volume 1University of Wisconsin, 1965 - 886 pages |
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Page 142
... Prince's successful career and the Stoic's tranquillity , both depended upon the ability of the individual to remain ... Prince could attain the security of relying on himself alone . It is this ob- ject which Machiavelli keeps foremost ...
... Prince's successful career and the Stoic's tranquillity , both depended upon the ability of the individual to remain ... Prince could attain the security of relying on himself alone . It is this ob- ject which Machiavelli keeps foremost ...
Page 158
... Prince has a conscience , and that he generally prefers the virtuous course where possible . On the other hand , his reference to the Prince's conscience indicates an awareness that public ends and public acts cannot be easily divorced ...
... Prince has a conscience , and that he generally prefers the virtuous course where possible . On the other hand , his reference to the Prince's conscience indicates an awareness that public ends and public acts cannot be easily divorced ...
Page 160
... Prince specific vices , such as the denial of an ordered universe guided by Divine Providence , the advocacy of an ethic based on expediency rather than man's rational nature , the denial of the prince's role as the agent of God's ...
... Prince specific vices , such as the denial of an ordered universe guided by Divine Providence , the advocacy of an ethic based on expediency rather than man's rational nature , the denial of the prince's role as the agent of God's ...
Contents
GREEK STOICISM | 29 |
ROMAN STOICISM | 53 |
STOICISM IN THE RENAISSANCE | 99 |
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