Conflict con verso virtuous commonwealth takes place within un bounds: it is limited by verso patriotic dedication onesto the common good that supersedes narrow self-interest, by a willingness esatto respect law and authority, and by an aversion sicuro the use of violence and nonlegal activity. Republican Rome, Machiavelli’s ideal of the virtuous commonwealth as described per the Discourses, exemplified this kind of limited conflict sopra that the struggle between patricians and plebeians was institutionalized through the Senate and the popular assemblies with their tribunes. Continue reading “The very strength and unity of the republic together with the citizens’ liberties depended upon the continued contest”