书目

On Conspiracies

内容简介

Machiavelliisoneofthemostfamousstrategistsofalltime.Inthiscollection,hediscussesthedangersofconspiracies,andthecomponentpartsofanarmy,vitalforgainingandholdingpowerinhisday.Healsogivesadviceontacticsanddiscipline,andexplainswhypromisesmadeunderforceoughtnottobekept."GreatIdeas":throughouthistory,somebookshavechangedtheworld.Theyhavetransformedthewayweseeourselves-andeachother.Theyhaveinspireddebate,dissent,warandrevolution.Theyhaveenlightened,outraged,provokedandcomforted.Theyhaveenrichedlives-anddestroyedthem.NowPenguinbringsyoutheworksofthegreatthinkers,pioneers,radicalsandvisionarieswhoseideasshookcivilizationandhelpedmakeuswhoweare.

作者简介

NiccoloMachiavelli(1469-1527)wasappointedsecretarytotheFlorentineRepublicin1498.Hewasdismissedfromthispostin1512andforcedtowithdrawfrompubliclife,afterwhichtimehewroteThePrince,ahandbookforrulersandTheDiscourses,fromwhichthisselectionistaken.

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