Nevertheless

Nevertheless comprises essays on Machiavelli and on Pascal. The ambivalent connection between the two parts is embodied by the comma (,) in the subtitle: Machiavelli, Pascal. Is this comma a conjunction or a disjunction?

In fact, both. Ginzburg approaches Machiavelli''s work from the perspective of casuistry, or case-based ethical reasoning. For as Machiavelli indicated through his repeated use of...