Lonya Humphrey

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Born 557 years ago, Niccolò Machiavelli continues to influence Western political thought. You can find many works by him and about him in the Penn Libraries collections.

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The Penn Libraries now provides online access to two of the most comprehensive databases for human rights research.

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Author: Lonya Humphrey

Remembering the modern Western world's first political scientist

New Resources for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human Rights

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