学术资讯｜政治哲学工作坊第七十二讲：马基雅维利论脆弱性与有效性

Political Philosophy Workshop (72nd)

Organizer

Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai)，

Sun Yat-sen University

Topic

Vulnerability and Efficacy in Machiavelli (Virtual）

Speaker

Gianfrancesco ZANETTI, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Moderator

Jun-Hyeok KWAK, Professor

Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University

Time

October 14th, 2025, 16:00-18:00

VOOV

975-566-716

ABSTRACT

The vulnerability figure, in The Prince, is the prince himself: the word “ruinare” (to ruin) is used to convey the message that to run a principality is a dangerous (if exciting) game. The reasons for the prince’s vulnerability are the power of fortuna and the general leaning toward evil that human beings display. While the former is linked with an intense notion of contingency, (which can be tracked back all the way to Petrarch), the latter is required for Machiavelli’s assumption that is possible to know the universal laws of politics (evil is predictable). This seems to create an efficacy paradox. The ruler must know that his political practice is bound to achieve some kind of legitimacy only because of itself and its own efficacy (there is no natural law in Machiavelli); on the other hand, in order to conceptualize that successful practice, it must be possible to claim that it radiates from adherence to a given rule that sheds light on the world of politics despite the power of fortuna.

政治哲学工作坊第（七十二）讲

主办

中山大学哲学系（珠海）

主题

马基雅维利论脆弱性与有效性（线上）

主讲

Gianfrancesco ZANETTI，摩德纳大学法学系，教授

主持

Jun-Hyeok KWAK（郭峻赫），中山大学哲学系（珠海），教授

时间

2025年10月14日 16:00-18:00

地点

腾讯会议 975-566-716

摘要

在《君主论》中，脆弱的形象是君主本人：“ruinare”（毁灭）这个词，表达了统治一个领地是一场危险（尽管让人兴奋）的游戏。君主之所以具有脆弱性，原因在于命运（fortuna）的力量以及人类普遍表现出的恶的倾向。前者与强烈的偶然性有关，这一观念可追溯至彼得拉克；后者则是马基雅维利的预设所需的：政治的普遍法则是可知的（恶是可被预测的）。这似乎导致了一个有效性的悖论。统治者必须知道，他的政治实践必然取得某种合法性，原因仅仅在于他的政治实践本身及其有效性。（在马基雅维利的视域中，并没有自然法。）另一方面，为了把握那种成功的实践，可以声称它源自对既定规则的遵循，而在命运的力量之外，是那既定规则揭示了政治的世界。

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