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Be like the fox : Machiavelli in his world / Erica Benner.

Benner, Erica, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393609721
  • ISBN: 0393609723
  • ISBN: 9780393355819
  • ISBN: 0393355810
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Edition: First American Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publication dates vary.
Originally published under title: Be like the fox : Machiavelli's lifelong quest for freedom. London : Allen Lane, 2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The importance of good faith -- Take nothing on authority -- Do not be deceived by false glory -- Beware of doctors -- Have no fear of giants -- How to speak of princes -- Recover your freedom -- The way to paradise -- So blinded are you by present greed -- Build dykes and dams -- Fortune loves impetuous young men -- How to win -- Measure yourself and limit your hopes -- Be like the fox -- Simulate stupidity -- Imagine a true republic -- Never give up -- Aftermath.
Subject:
Machiavelli, Niccol©ø, 1469-1527.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at Westchester Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Briarcliff Manor Public Library 170.92 BENNER (Text) 31036150776166 Nonfiction Available -
Chappaqua Library 170.92 BENNER (Text) 31005600020137 Nonfiction Available -
Croton Free Library 170.92 B (Text) 31006151637295 Nonfiction Available -
Eastchester Public Library B MACHIAVELLI (Text) 31008152207722 Biography Available -
Greenburgh Public Library B MACHIAVELLI (Text) 31009154467256 Biography Available -
Harrison Public Library 170.92 B (Text) 31010300113661 Nonfiction Available -
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