The Reason of State
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title:
The Reason of State
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The Reason of State is a work of political philosophy by Italian Jesuit Giovanni Botero published in 1589. The book first popularised the term "reason of state", which refers to the right of rulers to act in ways that go against the dictates of both natural and positive law, with the overriding aim of acquiring, preserving, and augmenting the dominion of the state to be used for the public welfare. This way of thinking that about government emerged at the end of the fifteenth century and remaine
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1589 book by Giovanni Botero
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reason_of_State
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2005-08-09T06:53:09Z
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2024-09-13T12:24:48Z
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