Visions of Politics: Renaissance virtues

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Visions of Politics: Renaissance virtues is written by Quentin Skinner and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521589258 (ISBN 10) and 9780521589253 (ISBN 13).

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 characterised by philosophical power, limpid clarity, and elegance of exposition; these essays, many of which are now recognised classics, provide a fascinating and convenient digest of the development of his thought. Professor Skinner has been awarded the Balzan Prize Life Time Achievement Award for Political Thought, History and Theory. Full details of this award can be found at http://www.balzan.it/News_eng.aspx?ID=2474.