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    «Tagliare a pezzi». Cesare Borgia tra rimandi biblici e fonte senofontea in Machiavelli

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    Only in three parts of Machiavelli’s writings occurs a stark expression: «tagliare a pezzi». Two of them are in The Prince, the third one in Discorsi. Two of them concern ancient examples (Hiero and Clearchus), the other one a modern experience, the famous and violent episode in which Cesare Borgia executes his lieutenant Rimirro, a capital punishment that Machiavelli watched in Cesena. The essay tries to show how all of Machiavelli’s examples deal in a subtle way with a topical Machiavelli’s view – civil principality. From this discussion, a survey (or journey) between Machiavelli’s text and historical context begins, where some other striking questions are approached, such as the absence of Cesare Borgia in Discorsi (so sensational as neglected), the relationship between Machiavelli and Michelangelo linked by a ‘republican’ David, or the figure of pope Leo X, that would be, according to this essay, that «certain prince of present times, whom it is best not to name», and not, according to the common opinion, Ferdinand the Catholic

    Lo scrittoio dell'intellettuale. Il conflitto: itinerari storico-politici

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    Il libro raccoglie undici contributi sul tema del conflitto, una nota inedita di Luigi Firpo e un saggio di Enzo Baldini riguardanti la storia del pensiero politico relativa agli autori cosiddetti "minori", ai quali sono dedicati gli studi pubblicati. Gli autori di cui si discorre nei contributi sono: Dione Crisostomo, Giordano Bruno (che \ue8 un "minore" nella storia del pensiero politico), Valeriano Castiglione, George Savile, Nicola Spedalieri, Emer de Vattel, Chateaubriand, Emile de Girardin, Irving Babbit, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Igino Giordani
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