Niccolò's smile
Subtitle: a biography of Machiavelli
By: Maurizio Viroli ; translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.; Statesmen -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.; Intellectuals -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.; Authors, Italian -- 16th century -- Biography.; Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In Niccolo's Smile, Maurizio Viroli brings to life the fascinating writer who was the founder of modern political thought. Niccolo Machiavelli's works on the theory and practice of statecraft are classics, but Viroli suggests that his greatest accomplishment is his robust philosophy of life - his deep beliefs about how one should conduct oneself as a modern citizen in a republic, as a responsible family member, as a good person.

On these subjects Machiavelli wrote no books; the text of his philosophy is his life itself, a life that was filled with paradox, uncertainty, and tragic drama."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-262) and index.