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The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the... Read Full Overview

The lion cannot guard himself from the toils, nor the fox from wolves. A Prince must therefore be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off wolves.

The modern-day term "Machiavellian" is used to describe deception, dishonesty, and cruelty... Read Full Overview

" It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles." How can a prince rise to power? What must he do to remain in it? What is expected of a good ruler? Which is better-- to be feared or to be loved? Offering an explicit insight into the minds of a ruler, here... Read Full Overview

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The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended... Read Full Overview

The Prince by Niccol Machiavelli is a seminal work of political philosophy that offers profound insights into power, leadership, and governance. Immerse yourself in this influential treatise and gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of politics and the art of ruling... Read Full Overview

Machiavelli's highly influential treatise on political power The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccol Machiavelli drew on his own experience of office under the... Read Full Overview

When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to... Read Full Overview

Esta es la obra m s conocida de Nicol s Maquiavelo. M s all de asuntos secundarios y casi ex ticos como el abuso del t rmino maquiav lico para referirse a algo astuto o enga oso, tenemos aqu un tratado intachable, cuya vigencia en la actualidad resulta asombrosa, sobre las... Read Full Overview

There have been many political philosophies published throughout the time of literate man, but few have made such an impact in so few words as Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince. This eminently quotable treatise on the nature of rulers is unsettling in that it does not merely discuss... Read Full Overview

In his introduction to this new translation by Russell Price, Professor Skinner presents a lucid analysis of Machiavelli's text as a response both to the world of Florentine politics, and as an attack on the advice-books for princes published by a number of his contemporaries... Read Full Overview

Machiavelli draws on his extensive historical knowledge and experience as a statesman to examine the reasons that Kings, Emperors, Dukes and governments have thrived or crumbled, while highlighting the principles that guided them. In each case Machiavelli suggests a set of... Read Full Overview

El Pr ncipe (en italiano y originalmente: Il principe) es un tratado de teor a pol tica escrito por Nicol s Maquiavelo en 1513, mientras este se encontraba encarcelado en San Casciano por la acusaci n de haber conspirado en contra de los M dici. El libro fue publicado en 1531... Read Full Overview

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccol Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version... Read Full Overview

With a mix of both respectable and immoral advice, The Prince is a frank analysis on political power. Separated into four sections, The Prince is both a guide to obtain power and an explanation on the aspects that affect it. The first section discusses the... Read Full Overview

'A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought...but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.'When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in... Read Full Overview

Trait politique crit au d but du XVIe si cle par Nicolas Machiavel, homme politique et crivain florentin, qui montre comment devenir prince et le rester, analysant des exemples de l'histoire antique et de l'histoire italienne de l' poque. Parce que l'ouvrage ne donnait pas... Read Full Overview

Witty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, The Prince is Machiavelli's classic analysis of statesmanship and power. "It is best to be both feared and loved, however, if one cannot be both, it is better to be feared than loved." --Machiavelli For over four hundred years, The Prince... Read Full Overview

This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- Wayne A. Rebhorn's thorough and thought-provoking introduction to Machiavelli, his world, and his famous political treatise (1513).
- An accurate and highly readable translation, detailed explanatory annotations, and a map of... Read Full Overview