Giovanni Botero
Giovanni Botero (born about 1544 with Bene, Piedmont, died in 1617 with Turin) was a thinker Italian, also diplomatic Jesuit and poet. He is especially known for his work the Reason of State ( Beyond ragione di Stato ), published in 1589. In this book, he is opposed to the philosophical amorality exposed by Nicolas Machiavel in the Prince . Botero considers that the policy philosophy of the Prince is not based on Christian principles , and that it cannot be put into practice. Botero is inspired by the political and economic ideas of Thomas_d' Aquin, and militates in favor of a more complex relation between the princes and their subjects, in which the people would enjoy capacities increased out of political and economic matter. With its way, Botero is a precursor of the liberal philosophers of the 18th century, such as John Locke, Adam Smith, and Thomas Malthus.
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