Niccolò Machiavelli, though best known as a teacher of princes, is also a teacher of republics. In his Discourses on Livy, he argues that republican liberty de

Some of the world's foremost historians of ideas consider Machiavelli's political thought in the larger context of the republican tradition.

Machiavelli believes republicans must be prepared to defend strict limits on elite power even when elites are 'good'.

Original scholarly essays by leading philosophers, which bring to life Machiavelli’s lengthiest and most challenging work.

Intensifying economic and political inequality poses a dangerous threat to the liberty of democratic citizens. Mounting evidence suggests that economic power, n