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Niccolò Machiavelli

Born

in Florence, republic

April 24, 1469

Died

June 11, 1527

Genre

Politics, History, Nonfiction

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The Prince , book of Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian political theorist, in
1513 describes an indifferent ruler to moral considerations with determination to achieve and to maintain power.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, a philosopher, musician, and poet, wrote plays. He figured centrally in component of the Renaissance, and people most widely know his realist treatises on the one hand and republicanism of Discourses on Livy .

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Average rating: 3.85 · 434,305 ratings · 18,924 reviews · 2,027 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 403,178 ratings — published 1513 — 6611 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Discourses 4.08 avg rating — 10,087 ratings — published 1517 — 476 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War 4.04 avg rating — 9,239 ratings — published 1521 — 833 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mandragola 3.42 avg rating — 6,508 ratings — published 1524 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince and Other Writings by Niccolò Machiavelli, Wayne A. Rebhorn (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 2,656 ratings — published 1502 — 176 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War/The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Henry Neville (Translator), W.K. Marriott (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 1,381 ratings — published 1521 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince and The Discourses 4.10 avg rating — 1,135 ratings — published 1531 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Machiavelli by Niccolò Machiavelli, Peter Bondanella (Translator), Mark Musa (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 809 ratings — published 1979 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Political Writings by Niccolò Machiavelli, David Wootton (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Florence And of the Affairs of Italy 3.84 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 1532 — 313 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Niccolò Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy (2 books)
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Niccolò Machiavelli,

Ninian Hill Thompson (translator)

4.08 avg rating — 10,088 ratings

Machiavelli: The Chief Works and Others (3 books)
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Niccolò Machiavelli,

Allan Gilbert (Editor)

4.50 avg rating — 40 ratings

Quotes by Niccolò Machiavelli (?)

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: political-philosophy

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“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: philosophy

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November 2020 Revisit the Shelf Poll

The Color Purple by Alice Walker pub 1982, 295 pp.

56 votes, 20.5%

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry pub. 1986, 960 pp.

43 votes, 15.8%

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli pub 1532, 149 pp.

40 votes, 14.7%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou pub 1969, 289 pp.

35 votes, 12.8%

Candide by Voltaire pub. 1759, 129 pp.

35 votes, 12.8%

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald pub. 1922, 64 pp.

33 votes, 12.1%

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison pub. 1952, 581 pp.

31 votes, 11.4%

273 total votes

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