The human concept in Nicolas Maquiavelo

This paper shows the elements underlying the Machiavellian discourse about human reality and behavior throughout ancient history that considers magistra vitae. Its explains why the author makes a deterministic interpretation of the nature of man, even though Machiavelli is recognized as a precursor...

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Autor: Echandi Gurdián, Marcela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/8854
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/8854
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:nature
determinism
cyclicity
dualism
instinct
rationality
naturaleza
determinismo
ciclicidad
dualismo
instinto
racionalidad
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Sumario:This paper shows the elements underlying the Machiavellian discourse about human reality and behavior throughout ancient history that considers magistra vitae. Its explains why the author makes a deterministic interpretation of the nature of man, even though Machiavelli is recognized as a precursor of human psychology, showing us with countless examples, a naturalism that presupposes a content of the dualism of human nature: rational-instinctive, where the latter is dominant and immutable.