Maxims of State

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Maxims of State is a political and philosophical work by George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, offering concise reflections on government, power, and statecraft in late 17th-century England.

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instanceOf philosophical work ⓘ
political work ⓘ
associatedWith English constitutionalism ⓘ
Whig political thought ⓘ
author George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax ⓘ
authorOccupationOfAuthor political philosopher ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
authorTitleOfAuthor 1st Marquess of Halifax ⓘ
concerns balance between liberty and authority ⓘ
duties of statesmen ⓘ
limits of royal power ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
form aphoristic reflections ⓘ
collection of maxims ⓘ
genre moral philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasPerspective moderate, pragmatic conservatism ⓘ
realist view of politics ⓘ
historicalContext Exclusion Crisis era ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Crisis

Restoration England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

reign of Charles II of England ⓘ
influenced 18th-century political essayists ⓘ
later English moralists ⓘ
influencedBy English civil war experience ⓘ
Machiavellian political thought ⓘ
reason-of-state literature ⓘ
intendedAudience politically educated readers ⓘ
rulers and statesmen ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject counsel to rulers ⓘ
government ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
political prudence ⓘ
power ⓘ
practical politics ⓘ
reason of state ⓘ
statecraft ⓘ
philosophicalTradition early modern political thought ⓘ
relatedWork Political Thoughts and Reflections of the Marquis of Halifax ⓘ
The Character of a Trimmer ⓘ
style concise ⓘ
skeptical ⓘ
witty ⓘ
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ

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