Machiavelli is traditionally understood has a thinker who rejected Platonism in bulk.
Once this is done, Machiavelli\'s work reveals itself to engage key Platonic themes, such as love, the place of phi.
In order to see this, one must first disentangle Machiavelli\'s conversation with Plato from his criticism of Christian Florentine Neoplatonism.
This book argues that even if it is correct to describe him as unsympathetic to Platonic thought, his Philosophy addresses it in a deep and nuanced manner.
Machiavelli is traditionally understood has a thinker who rejected Platonism in bulk