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4. Machiavelli, “Ancient Theology,” and the Problem of Civil Religion

Miguel Vatter

In David Johnston, Nadia Urbinati & Camila Vergara (eds.), Machiavelli on Liberty and Conflict. London: University of Chicago Press. pp. 113-136 (2017)

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From the “Renaissance” to the “Enlightenment”.Francesco Borghesi - 2019 - Intellectual History Review 29 (1):1-10.details This essay introduces the collection of articles contained in this special issue, explaining their necessity and contextualizing them within the historiographical debates around “ancient theology” and “civil religion”. It does so by referring to well-known influential figures in Renaissance and Enlightenment studies such as Daniel P. Walker, Frances A. Yates, Charles B. Schmitt, Eugenio Garin, Cesare Vasoli and Franco Venturi, as well as to more recent studies such as that by Dmitri Levitin. It further provides a brief overview of each (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
Of asses and nymphs: Machiavelli, Platonic theology and Epicureanism in Florence.Miguel Vatter - 2019 - Intellectual History Review 29 (1):101-127.details Is Machiavelli an Epicurean in his political and religious thought? Recent scholarship has identified him as the foremost representative of Epicureanism in Renaissance Florence. In particular, his incomplete epic poem, The Ass, is read as an expression of his adherence to Lucretian naturalism. This article offers a new reading of the poem and shows that its teaching reveals that Machiavelli is closer to a Platonic variant of classical naturalism linked with the idea of a natural virtue modelled on the lives (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 2 citations

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