Josep Olesti: Le machiavlisme de
Hobbes
Abstract: This article argues that Hobbes can be
considered Machiavellian, although not in the usual meaning of the term (a
meaning to which Machiavelli himself did not adhere), that is the reduction of
politics to the recourse to force and deceit. HobbesŐ Machiavellism is not to
be found only where it would be expected (political realism, the need to use
force and trickery) but also where it is not usually sought: in recognizing
that the sovereign has to take his people into account and to act in their
favour, if only for self-serving reasons.
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