Maurizio Viroli is Professor Emeritus of Politics at Princeton University, Professor of Government at the University of Texas (Austin), and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Italian Switzerland (Lugano). His books include: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Well-Ordered Society; From Politics to Reason of State; Machiavelli; Niccolò’s Smile; Machiavelli’s God; As if God Existed: religion and liberty in the history of Italy; How to Read Machiavelli; and How to Choose a Leader: Machiavelli’s Advice to Citizens.