Discourses on Livy

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political treatise work of political philosophy

Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.

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Label Occurrences
Discourses on Livy canonical 4
Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio 3
Niccolò Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political treatise ⓘ
work of political philosophy ⓘ
advocates citizen militias ⓘ
mixed government ⓘ
author Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ
basedOn Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ
surface form: Ab Urbe Condita

Titus Livy’s history of Rome ⓘ
bookCount 3 ⓘ
contrastsWith The Prince ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Florence ⓘ
criticizes mercenary armies ⓘ
emphasizesConcept necessità ⓘ
tumult and conflict as sources of liberty ⓘ
virtù ⓘ
focusOfBook1 internal organization of republics ⓘ
focusOfBook2 expansion and military affairs of republics ⓘ
focusOfBook3 decline and corruption of republics ⓘ
genre political theory ⓘ
republican theory ⓘ
hasForm commentary on Livy’s first ten books ⓘ
historicalContext Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Italian Renaissance
influenced Enlightenment political theory ⓘ
United States Founding Fathers ⓘ
surface form: Founding Fathers of the United States

James Harrington ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
modern republican thought ⓘ
keyTheme balance between people and elites ⓘ
corruption and renewal of political orders ⓘ
founding and refounding of states ⓘ
role of laws in preserving liberty ⓘ
role of religion in politics ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
mainSubject Roman Republic ⓘ
civic virtue ⓘ
corruption in republics ⓘ
mixed constitution ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
republican government ⓘ
notableConcept productive role of social conflict in republics ⓘ
originalTitle Discourses on Livy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio
philosophicalTradition civic humanism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
placeOfWriting Florence ⓘ
posthumousPublication true ⓘ
publicationDate 1531 ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor The Prince ⓘ
settingOfAnalysis history of ancient Rome ⓘ
structure three books ⓘ
writtenInPeriod early 16th century ⓘ

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Niccolò Machiavelli → notableWork → Discourses on Livy ⓘ
Cyropaedia → influenced → Discourses on Livy ⓘ
Discourses on Livy → originalTitle → Discourses on Livy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio
The Art of War → relatedWorkByAuthor → Discourses on Livy ⓘ
subject surface form: The Art of War (Machiavelli)
Machiavellianism → inspiredBy → Discourses on Livy ⓘ
The Originality of Machiavelli → influencedBy → Discourses on Livy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niccolò Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy
Considerazioni intorno ai Discorsi del Machiavelli → mainSubject → Discourses on Livy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio
Considerazioni intorno ai Discorsi del Machiavelli → criticizes → Discourses on Livy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio