"Historia magistra vitae" e imitación: la ejemplaridad política de las historias en Maquiavelo
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This paper analyzes the development of the Ciceronian topos historia magistra vitae in the work of Niccolò Machiavelli in so far as it brings into play a concept of history which is not involved in the didactic-moralizing role of the humanist tradition, in such a way that the exemplarity of the histories emerges as an essential element for the configuration of an arte dello stato. This formulation of the commonplace in his work is linked to a critical approach to the imitation of ancient times and the examples collected in histories through a double articulation that places him in an eclectic position between classicism and novelty.
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