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Uberto Decembrio’s Four Books on the Commonwealth (De re publica libri IV, ca. 1420), edited and translated by Paolo Ponzù Donato, is one of the earliest examples of the reception of Plato’s Republic in the fifteenth century. The humanistic dialogue provides an illuminating insight into such themes as justice, the best government, the morals of the prince and citizen, education, and religion. Decembrio’s dialogue is dedicated to Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan, the ‘worst enemy’ of Florence. Making use of literary and documentary sources, Ponzù Donato convincingly proves that Decembrio’s thought, which shares many points with the Florentine humanist Leonardo Bruni, belongs to the same world of Civic Humanism.

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“This volume presents the student and scholar with an excellent text, translation, and critical apparatus.” Teresa Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 3 (Fall 2022), pp. 975–976.

This volume presents the student and scholar with an excellent text, translation, and critical apparatus. Teresa Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 3 (Fall 2022), pp. 975-976.

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Paolo Ponzù Donato, Ph.D. (2016), University of Florence. He has published various essays on Italian Renaissance Humanism and the critical edition of the first vernacular translation of Caesar.

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