[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c19.s9.32 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s9.32 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s9.32 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.32) 30. Herein, it would seem, lies the essential difference with Machiavelli, who decisively breaks away from the concept of politics as part and parcel of the scholastic \*philosophia ethica\* (or \*moralis\*). Kauṭilya’s sobriquet “Indian Machiavelli” is all too glib. - [Previous: c19.s9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.31) - [Next: c19.s9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.33) - [Up: c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.32) · Pramāṇa