Sweetness of Power: Machiavelli`s Discourses and Guicciardini`s Considerations, Francesco Guicciardini, Niccol? Machiavelli

The question of order inspired two of the greatest political thinkers of the Renaissance—Niccol? Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini, whose major works on the nature of government are linked in an authoritative new translation. Political adversaries but nonetheless friends, Machiavelli and Guicciardini both reflected on ancient Rome and refined their conceptions of government with an eye to the political turmoil of their own Florence.

Based on the definitive Italian editions and including extensive explanatory notes, this new translation recreates the fascinating conflict that helped to shape the history of political thought.

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Niccol? Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy
Francesco Guicciardini's Considerations of the "Discourses" of Niccol? Machiavelli
Works Consulted
Index