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Commentaries and other texts written about Machiavelli.

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• Lecture on Machiavelli

  http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/introser/machiavelli.htm
  A lecture on The Prince given by Ian Johnston in February 2002 at Vancouver Island University. The author discusses the ways to read, interpret and understand the work.

• Niccolò Machiavelli

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli/
  The entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Written by Cary Nederman.

• Notes on The Prince

  http://www.xs4all.nl/~maartens/philosophy/machiavelli/machavelli_index.htm
  Maarten Maartensz's notes to The Prince, and the full text of the W.K. Marriott translation of the work.

• Samizdata.net: Book Review of The Prince

  http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/005761.html
  A review of the Prince as a weblog entry. Written from an "anti-statist" angle, by Andy Duncan.

• The Devil's Morals: Ethics in Machiavelli's The Prince

  http://www.literature-study-online.com/essays/machiavelli.html
  Footnoted essay by Souvik Mukherjee. Asserts that in this work Machiavelli presents an opportunistic ethics of convenience.

• The New York Times: The Original Spin Doctor

  http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/03/reviews/001203.03stilet.html
  Alexander Stille's review of Maurizio Viroli's book "Niccolò's Smile". Also includes the first chapter of the book. Requires free registration.

• Thomas Babington Macaulay: Machiavelli

  http://www.bartleby.com/27/24.html
  An old essay in which the author tries to tackle the common prejudices related to Machiavelli. From Bartleby.com.

• What Machiavelli Learned From Moses

  http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0699/machiavelli.html
  Michael Ledeen writes about Machiavelli and Moses. From the Jewish World Review.

 

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