Machiavelli's missing Romulus and the murderous intent of the Prince

• Autores: Joseph M. Parent
• Localización: History of political thought, ISSN 0143-781X, Vol. 26, Nº 4, 2005, págs. 625-645
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper argues that The Prince should be read as bearing uncomfortably specific policy recommendations, namely for the work's dedicatee Lorenzo de' Medici to kill his uncle Pope Leo X and the college of cardinals to begin unifying Italy. In support of the argument, the paper develops Machiavelli's parallel construction between Chapters Six and Twenty-Six, where he mysteriously omits Romulus from a list of great founders whose example should be emulated. In short, Chapter Twenty-Six is an integral, integrated part of The Prince.