Abstract

ROSSI, Luis Alejandro. Hobbes antimaquiaveliano: la crítica al "necio" en Leviatán como crítica a la concepción política de El príncipe. Rev. latinoam. filos. [online]. 2013, vol.39, n.1, pp.73-98. ISSN 1852-7353.

The article discusses the arguments put forward by Thomas Hobbes against the "foole" in his book Leviathan relating them with the dichotomy between Commonwealths by institution and Commonwealths by acquisition established by that same author. We hold that the refutation of the skeptic is a criticism of the political conception developed by Niccolò Machiavelli in The Prince and illustrated by the notion of virtù. Hobbesian arguments reveal the normative limits that Hobbes himself imposes on the realism usually attributed to his theory and his notion of the state seems to be prescriptive rather than descriptive.

Keywords : Hobbes; Machiavelli; Political realism; State.