Machiavelli's aim was to give truthful advice, declining to allow normative judgements to interfere. |
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A few examples of specific pieces of advice convey a sense of the value of Machiavelli's memo. |
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See Pitkin 285-306 passim for a detailed investigation of the ways in which Machiavelli's cultural misogyny undercuts other aspects of his argument. |
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Taken in combination with Machiavelli's treatises, the Opere inedite offer a comprehensive body of Italian political philosophy before Paolo Sarpi. |
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