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from the Discorsi and from the Arte della Guerra, could be drawn more immediately by focusing the attention on the recurrence în the Book of Commonplace and gathered from 1639. The quotations of Machiavelli which are present în this sort of "Zibaldone" of thoughts and notes are 19 în all: 2 are from Arte della Guerra, 17 from the Discorsi. Not few of these latter concern the religious topic 24; others concern the more directly political reasoning în favor of the
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is on the one hand a moral teaching and on the other a military one25; the other three passages are taken from Discorsi ÎI, 24, ÎI, 12, ÎI, 18 which belong to the section De disciplină militari where the uselessness of fortifications and Florentine's explicit preference for infantry are reported 26. The reference to political and religious themes is of major interest: the two passages taken from the I and the ÎI book of Arte della Guerra aim at celebrating
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taken from Discorsi ÎI, 24, ÎI, 12, ÎI, 18 which belong to the section De disciplină militari where the uselessness of fortifications and Florentine's explicit preference for infantry are reported 26. The reference to political and religious themes is of major interest: the two passages taken from the I and the ÎI book of Arte della Guerra aim at celebrating the republican government. Reopening Machiavelli's question on the reasons of the superiority of those men who come from republics
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feared"27. Two of Machiavelli's meaningful statements on the figure of the sovereign, contained în the section Rex, add to that idea. If from Discorsi I, 2 Milton takes the criticism of the model of the hereditary monarchy, guilty of generating the seeds of corruption and of decline 28, from the quotation that immediately follows, and which refers to Discorsi I, 10, Milton directly takes from Machiavelli the theme of the exemplarity of the lesson coming from the history of
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Machiavelli's meaningful statements on the figure of the sovereign, contained în the section Rex, add to that idea. If from Discorsi I, 2 Milton takes the criticism of the model of the hereditary monarchy, guilty of generating the seeds of corruption and of decline 28, from the quotation that immediately follows, and which refers to Discorsi I, 10, Milton directly takes from Machiavelli the theme of the exemplarity of the lesson coming from the history of Rome to avert the
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of generating the seeds of corruption and of decline 28, from the quotation that immediately follows, and which refers to Discorsi I, 10, Milton directly takes from Machiavelli the theme of the exemplarity of the lesson coming from the history of Rome to avert the hereditary succession of a kingdom 29. În detail, shortly after, în the section Varius Reipublicae Status, to strengthen the theme of the superiority of the Republican regime over the Monarchic one, Milton mentions the 58th chapter
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of decline 28, from the quotation that immediately follows, and which refers to Discorsi I, 10, Milton directly takes from Machiavelli the theme of the exemplarity of the lesson coming from the history of Rome to avert the hereditary succession of a kingdom 29. În detail, shortly after, în the section Varius Reipublicae Status, to strengthen the theme of the superiority of the Republican regime over the Monarchic one, Milton mentions the 58th chapter of the I and the 34th of
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elements"32. În the end, going back to the theme of the importance of the conflict în the republic, considered aș a source of the true liberty given by the dialectical comparison among the parties, and of the origin itself of "good laws", Milton writes în English a section taken from the Discorsi, starting with the passage which states: "The uprising of a people have often furnished an opportunity to recover liberty"33. These quotations, sometimes reported literally în English or
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a source of the true liberty given by the dialectical comparison among the parties, and of the origin itself of "good laws", Milton writes în English a section taken from the Discorsi, starting with the passage which states: "The uprising of a people have often furnished an opportunity to recover liberty"33. These quotations, sometimes reported literally în English or Latin, seem to be the most consistent with Milton's questions on the specificity of the political model which the Commonwealth
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recover liberty"33. These quotations, sometimes reported literally în English or Latin, seem to be the most consistent with Milton's questions on the specificity of the political model which the Commonwealth was trying to embrace during the crucial years of its constitution; however, the echo of a complex political battle still under way could be perceived also through the type of passages chosen from the Discorsi. On this point the presence of the umpteenth quotation of Machiavelli în the section
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during the crucial years of its constitution; however, the echo of a complex political battle still under way could be perceived also through the type of passages chosen from the Discorsi. On this point the presence of the umpteenth quotation of Machiavelli în the section Tyrannus could appear historically revealing. Among other short references to less known authors, the one which emerges is the one to the Machiavelli of the Discorsi I, 58 according to whom: "Ad un principe cattivo non
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with the problem of the English civil Revolution during the delicate moment of the refusal of the violent political model of the French Revolution. The timeliness of the assassination of the king was confirmed, în this sense, by the words of Thomas Babington Macaulay who în 1825 wrote on John Milton and on the căușe of the tyrannicide: "If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good în slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Therefore it
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John Milton and on the căușe of the tyrannicide: "If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good în slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and good men who, în spițe of much that was ridiculous and hateful în the conduct of their associates, stood firmly by the căușe of Public Liberty"34. The result of the research carried ouț
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to wait for liberty till they become wise and good în slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and good men who, în spițe of much that was ridiculous and hateful în the conduct of their associates, stood firmly by the căușe of Public Liberty"34. The result of the research carried ouț în these pages is that the passages where the Florentine's name
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în slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and good men who, în spițe of much that was ridiculous and hateful în the conduct of their associates, stood firmly by the căușe of Public Liberty"34. The result of the research carried ouț în these pages is that the passages where the Florentine's name appears are not șo many and, on the whole, Milton
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The reading of this unsystematic framework of recurrence indicates an attitude which does not aim at systematically reconstructing the web of the thought of the Florentine. The type of reference to his works, however does not exactly emerge în terms of a reception which makes Machiavelli's thought relevant to the outline of a plan of philosophy of history, even though one can sometimes perceive the sensation that Milton finds în the Florentine what is useful to illustrate his căușe, not
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at systematically reconstructing the web of the thought of the Florentine. The type of reference to his works, however does not exactly emerge în terms of a reception which makes Machiavelli's thought relevant to the outline of a plan of philosophy of history, even though one can sometimes perceive the sensation that Milton finds în the Florentine what is useful to illustrate his căușe, not differently from many experienced experts on Machiavelli. În any case, în this type of circumstanțial
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reconstructing the web of the thought of the Florentine. The type of reference to his works, however does not exactly emerge în terms of a reception which makes Machiavelli's thought relevant to the outline of a plan of philosophy of history, even though one can sometimes perceive the sensation that Milton finds în the Florentine what is useful to illustrate his căușe, not differently from many experienced experts on Machiavelli. În any case, în this type of circumstanțial selection, the
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would require an extensive treatment: however în this circumstance, it is useful to remember how în the anticlerical polemic and even more în the attacks on "false religion" and on superstitious beliefs, Milton actually prefers to refer to other classics of his library, above all Lucretius, even though he shares with Machiavelli and the Italian civil culture (Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto) the sense of discontinuity between history and authority. The lack of reference to the book Îl Principe comes aș no surprise
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superstitious beliefs, Milton actually prefers to refer to other classics of his library, above all Lucretius, even though he shares with Machiavelli and the Italian civil culture (Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto) the sense of discontinuity between history and authority. The lack of reference to the book Îl Principe comes aș no surprise în this kind of picture. În May 1641, în the pages of the essay Of Reformation, Milton wrote: "[...] there is no art that hath been more cankered în her principles
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all Lucretius, even though he shares with Machiavelli and the Italian civil culture (Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto) the sense of discontinuity between history and authority. The lack of reference to the book Îl Principe comes aș no surprise în this kind of picture. În May 1641, în the pages of the essay Of Reformation, Milton wrote: "[...] there is no art that hath been more cankered în her principles, more soiled and slubbered with aphorisming pedantry, than the art of policy; and that
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considered and în end rejected its argument on rigorously classical republican grounds"39. A few years before Rahe, Martin Dzelzainis, speaking of Milton's republicanism, lingered over his political option, denying a real interest of the poet towards the specificity of instituțional forms and insisting on Milton's choice of a sort of virtuous commonwealth of letters founded on Cicero's teachings and admitted: "He of course advocates the ancients aș a touchstone of political wisdom, but turns to Cicero and
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classical republican grounds"39. A few years before Rahe, Martin Dzelzainis, speaking of Milton's republicanism, lingered over his political option, denying a real interest of the poet towards the specificity of instituțional forms and insisting on Milton's choice of a sort of virtuous commonwealth of letters founded on Cicero's teachings and admitted: "He of course advocates the ancients aș a touchstone of political wisdom, but turns to Cicero and De Officiis în particular for specific remedies. He also
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years before Rahe, Martin Dzelzainis, speaking of Milton's republicanism, lingered over his political option, denying a real interest of the poet towards the specificity of instituțional forms and insisting on Milton's choice of a sort of virtuous commonwealth of letters founded on Cicero's teachings and admitted: "He of course advocates the ancients aș a touchstone of political wisdom, but turns to Cicero and De Officiis în particular for specific remedies. He also sees the solution to a political
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considered aș a republican, but rejected aș an author of the "techniques" of politics, does not add much to what, în the web of Milton's more mature lexicon, hâș been gathered with conviction from the inheritance of the authors of classicism, real conceptual paradigm în Milton's works 41. If culture and the compositional techniques suggest Milton to enrich his works with frequent references to authorities of a more or less recent past, în his writing almost an unavoidable synopsis
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