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Quentin Skinner MACHIAVELLI A Very Short Introduction OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS -iii- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.It furthers the Universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship,and education by publishing worldwide inOxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires CalcuttaCape Town Chermai Dares Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong IstanbulKarachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City MumbaiNairobi Paris S?o Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsawwith associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Pressin the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United Statesby Oxford University Press Inc., New York ? Quentin Skinner 1981 The moral rights of the author have been assertedDatabase right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 1981 as an Oxford University Press paperbackReissued 1996First published as a Very Short Introduction 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means,without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press,or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriatereprographics rights organizations. Enquiries concerning reproductionoutside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department,Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or coverand you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataData available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataData available ISBN 0-19-285407-0 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Typeset by Refine Catch Ltd, Bungay, SuffolkPrinted in Spain by Book Print S. L. -iv- Contents List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Intro