Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli , , ; also occasionally rendered in English as Nicholas Machiavel ( , ).}} (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise ''The Prince'' (), written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.For many years he served as a senior official in the Florentine Republic with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is also important to historians and scholars of Italian correspondence. He worked as secretary to the second chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power.
After his death Machiavelli's name came to evoke unscrupulous acts of the sort he advised most famously in his work, ''The Prince''. He claimed that his experience and reading of history showed him that politics have always been played with deception, treachery, and crime. He also notably said that a ruler who is establishing a kingdom or a republic, and is criticized for his deeds, including violence, should be excused when the intention and the result are beneficial to him. Machiavelli's ''Prince'' has been surrounded by controversy since it was published. Some consider it to be a straightforward description of political reality. Others view ''The Prince'' as a manual, teaching would-be tyrants how they should seize and maintain power. Even into recent times, some scholars, such as Leo Strauss, have restated the traditional opinion that Machiavelli was a "teacher of evil".
Even though Machiavelli has become most famous for his work on principalities, scholars also give attention to the exhortations in his other works of political philosophy. While less well known than ''The Prince'', the ''Discourses on Livy'' (composed ) has been said to have paved the way for modern republicanism. His works were a major influence on Enlightenment authors who revived interest in classical republicanism, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and James Harrington. Machiavelli's political realism has continued to influence generations of academics and politicians, including Hannah Arendt and Otto von Bismarck. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1908
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1901
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1554
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1588
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1946
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1996
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1955
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1992
Published 1992
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 2003
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1977
Published 1977
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1954
Published 1954
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1961
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1958
Published 1958
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1931
Published 1931
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1977
Published 1977
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 2005
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 2003
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1966
Published 1966
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 1957
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Published 2008
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