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Be Like the Fox

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Be Like the Fox

SKU: 9781846147074 Category: Product ID: 143041

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Title: Be Like the Fox
Author: BENNER ERICA
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 18/04/2017
Imprint: ALLEN LANE
Price: $49.99
Publishing status: Active

“One needs to be a fox to recognize snares, and a lion to frighten the wolves. Niccol Machiavelli lived in a fiercely competitive world, one where brute wealth, brazen liars and ruthless self-promoters seemed to carry off all the prizes; where the wealthy elite grew richer at the expense of their fellow citizens. In times like these, many looked to crusading religion to solve their problems, or they turned to a new breed of leaders – super-rich dynasties like the Medici or military strongmen like Cesare Borgia; upstarts from outside the old ruling classes. In the republic of Florence, Machiavelli and his contemporaries faced a choice- should they capitulate to these new princes, or fight to save the city’s democratic freedoms? Be Like the Fox follows Machiavelli’s dramatic quest for political and human freedom through his own eyes. Masterfully interweaving his words with those of his friends and enemies, Erica Benner breathes life into his penetrating, comical, often surprising comments on events. Far from the cynical henchman people think he was, Machiavelli emerges as his era’s staunchest champion of liberty, a profound ethical thinker who refused to compromise his ideals to fit corrupt times. But he did sometimes have to mask his true convictions, becoming a great artist of fox-like dissimulation- a master of disguise in dangerous times.”

ISBN: 9781846147074
Pages: 352