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Gabriel Naudé's 'Considérations politiques sur les coups d'État' featured on artpress

publication · 2026-04-23

The French art magazine artpress has made available Gabriel Naudé's 1639 treatise 'Considérations politiques sur les coups d'État' as a PDF download on its website. The work, a classic of political theory, examines the justification and mechanics of state-sponsored political violence. Naudé, a librarian and scholar, wrote the text during the reign of Louis XIII, offering a Machiavellian analysis of raison d'état. The PDF is accessible via a link on artpress.com, dated February 2005. This digital republication makes a rare historical document freely available to readers interested in political philosophy and early modern thought.

Key facts

  • Gabriel Naudé wrote 'Considérations politiques sur les coups d'État' in 1639.
  • The treatise analyzes the political use of coups d'état and state secrets.
  • artpress magazine offers a PDF download of the work on its website.
  • The PDF is accessible via a link on artpress.com.
  • The article was published on artpress.com in February 2005.
  • Naudé was a French librarian and scholar during the reign of Louis XIII.
  • The work is considered a classic of political theory.
  • The digital version makes a rare historical document freely available.

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  • Gabriel Naudé

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  • artpress

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