Machiavelli and the History of Prudence (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences) by Eugene Garver - 1988-01

The University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:029911080X

The University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:029911080X

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 236 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket with small tear to front cover. Internally very good. Record # 459292

Wisconsin: Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1987. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First Edition. Bound in umber cloth with black lettering on the spine. Rhetoric of the human sciences. - In a radical departure from conventional readings of The Prince and Discourses on Livy, Eugene Garver examines the Machiavellian texts in order to illuminate more general problems of practical reason. He bases his detailed readings not only on an explication of the ethical and political problems of Machiavelli's readers, but on an analysis of the philosophical problems of practical reason and prudence drawn from Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, and on an exhibition of the resources for thinking about those problems taken from the history of rhetoric. Garver claims that prudence, practical wisdom, and practical reason in general have a history, and that Machiavelli represents an important turning point in that history. While no one would quarrel with the idea that the decisions and actions thought to… Read More

Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1988-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, the pictorial dust wrapper is very well preserved, 238pp.