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VISIONS OF POLITICS

The second of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of

the world’s leading intellectual historians. This collection includes

some of his most important essays on the political thought of the

Italian Renaissance, each of which has been carefully revised for

publication in this form. All of Professor Skinner’s work is char-

acterised by philosophical power, limpid clarity and elegance of

exposition. These essays, many of which are now recognised clas-

sics,provideafascinatingandconvenientdigestofthedevelopment

of his thought.

is Regius Professor of Modern History in the

University of Cambridge and a Fellowof Christ’s College. He has

been the recipient of several honorary degrees, and is a Fellow

of numerous academic bodies including the British Academy, the

American Academy and the Academia Europea. His work has

beentranslatedintonineteenlanguages,andhismanypublications

include The Foundations of Modern Political Thought (two volumes,

Cambridge,

), Machiavelli (Oxford,

), Reason and Rhetoric in

the Philosophy of Hobbes (Cambridge,

)and Liberty before Liberalism

(Cambridge,

VISIONS OF POLITICS

Volume

: Renaissance Virtues

QUENTIN SKINNER

Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge