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- ISBN: 9781974999477 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1974999475 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: [United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 1905.
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| Summary, etc.: | From his perspective in Renaissance Italy, Machiavelli's aim in this classic work was to resolve conflict with the ruling prince, Lorenzo de Medici. Machiavelli based his insights on the way people really are rather than an ideal of how they should be. This is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince, a king, or a president. When Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values. |
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| Subject: | Political science > Early works to 1800. Political ethics. Power (Social sciences) Republicanism. Kings and rulers. Electronic books. Italy > Kings and rulers. |
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Few political advisors have been as revered and reviled as Niccolo Machiavelli, And The Prince will show you why. Machiavelli, a diplomat, originally wrote the Prince as advice To The Florentine ruler Lorenzo de Medici. it is significant as one of the earliest political treatises to concern itself with the practicalities of getting power and holding on to it, rather than justifying a ruler's right to that power. Its clear-eyed defense of morally ¬¬dubious practices has earned it both fierce criticism and praise, and it remains as controversial today as when it was first published in 1532, some five years after Machiavelli's death. The Prince is an indispensable book for all who wish to understand state politics or the history of European political thought. Excerpted from The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
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