1.TheState:GeneralConsiderationsScholarshavelongbeinginterestedinthestateandtherunningofit.Amongthem,therewerephilosophers,historians,sociologistsandanthropologists.WemaygoasfarbackastoConfuciusandLaoTze,ortotheGreekphilosophersPlatoandAristotle1,andifwewanttostayclosertoourtime,wecanmentiontheItalianpoliticalscientistMachiavelli,whowroteinthe16thcenturyIlPrincipe(ThePrince),