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1 online resource (xi, 347 pages) |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 193 |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 193.
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| Contents |
Introduction. Towards a more balanced view of Justus Lipsius's political writings and their influence / Erik De Bom [and others] -- General tendencies. Exempla, prudence and casuistry in Renaissance political discourse / Mikael Hörnqvist ; History and exemplarity in the work of Lipsius / Harro Höpfl ; Stoicism in political humanism and natural law / Bo Lindberg -- Rhetorics, history and exemplarity. Monita et exempla politica as example of a genre / Ann Moss ; Rhetoric and exemplarity in Justus Lipsius's Monita et exempla politica / Marjike Janssens ; Justus Lipsius and the challenge of historical exemplarity / Harold E. Braun ; Justus Lipsius and the cento form / George Hugo Tucker -- Virtues and politics. Fate and rule, destiny and dynasty : Lipsius's final views on superstition, fate and divination in the Monita et exempla politica (1605) / Jan Papy ; The Clementia Lipsiana : political analysis, autobiography and panegyric / Violet Soen ; Prudence in Lipsius's Monita et exempla politica : stoic virtue, Aristotelian virtue or not a virtue at all? / Diana Stanciu ; Secret compensation : a friendly and lawful alternative to Lipsius's political thought / Wim Decock -- Lipsius's heritage. Carolus Scribani and the Lipsian legacy : the Politico-Christianus and Lipsius's image of the good prince / Erik De Bom ; A Lipsian legacy : neo-absolutism, natural law and the decline of reason of state in France 1600-1760 / Jacob Soll |
| Summary |
Starting from Justus Lipsius's "Monita et exempla politica"(1605), this book offers a collection of essays dealing with the disputed Macchiavellian, Tacitean or Neostoic character of Lipsius's political thought, and its impact on the dynamics of political discourse in Early Modern Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-342) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.
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| SUBJECT |
Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606 fast |
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Lipsius, Justus. idszbz |
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Political science -- Europe -- History
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Political science -- Europe -- History -- Sources
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Political science
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Politisches Denken.
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| Author |
De Bom, Erik
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| LC no. |
2010040687 |
| ISBN |
9789004191280 |
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9004191283 |
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9789004191839 |
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9004191836 |
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