Della Perfettione Della Vita Politica di M. Paolo Paruta

Paolo Paruta

Venetia : Domenico Nicolini, 1599

Quarto. Bound in fine modern leather.  Fine binding and cover. Woodcut initials and headpieces.  Scattered staining. [24], 479 pages.  

Paruta was a historian and statesman of the Venetian Republic. His political instincts were influenced by Machiavelli, but distinct. In this work Paruta discusses the superiority of the active and contemplative life and how it contributes more to the welfare of the Republic. It was supposed, not without reason, to have been written to controvert the ideas contained in Bellarmine's "De officio principis christiani". Adams P362.