ECH 2310 Chapter Notes -Aristocracy, Livy, Unbridled

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 2310
• Professor: Michael Williams

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For in those times governed by good (emperors), he will see a prince secure in thy midst of secure citizens, he will see the world full of peace and justice, he will see the senate with its authority, the magistrates with their honor, rich citizens enjoying their wealth, nobility and virtu exalted, he will see every quiet and good; and on the other hand (he will see) every rancor, every license, corruption, and ambition extinct; he will see that golden era where everyone can hold and defend whatever opinion he wishes: in the end, he will see the triumph of the world, the prince full of reverence and glory, the people full of love and security. Discourses on the first ten books of titus livius focused on the structure, nature and evolution of republics widely regarded as modern republican political theory"s founding work.