The Prince (Original by Nicolo Machiavelli)

by Niccolò Machiavelli, QT Publishing (Editor)

Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" is the original playbook of history, a step by-step guide for how a ruler should lead. -In depth post-read annotations included Machiavelli's book is intended to be a treatise on ruling and is considered by many to be the earliest building block of political science. In the book Machiavelli offers a plethora of practical advice on how to rule, and even though the book was written in the early 16th century, The idea's it conveys remain relevant to todays political scene. "The Prince" differs from other political literature in its separation of the lofty idealism of morality as well as the introduction of ethics from the practical demands of governing. It is these original and revolutionary philosophies that land Niccolo Machiavelli's work of "The Prince" among some of the most influential pieces of literature in all of history.

Genres: Philosophy

146 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 25, 2020

About the author

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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Reviews

[Realini Ionescu · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most important political books ever written, it is ranked 161st on The Greatest Books of All Time site – hundreds of books from that and other lists are reviewed on my blog, for some reason I feel as if I should advertise it here, aspiring to become an ‘influencer’ maybe, what with thirty clicks per day, why not? https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20...
Lorenzo The Magnificent versus Taco The Awful - “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”



9 out of 10

In some ways, what has happened to The Prince and Niccolo Machiavelli resembles the change suffered by The Stoics https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... in my view:

- Stoicism is most often associated with abstinence and negativity

Just like ‘Machiavellianism (sometimes abbreviated as MACH) is the name of a personality trait construct characterized by manipulativeness, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a calculated focus on self-interest’

Machiavelli is now associated with scheming, and the ultimate product would be Confidence Man https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... if we follow that line of thought
Nevertheless, it is a distortion, for yes, Niccolo Machiavelli did say ‘the end justifies the means’, which seems the epitome of selfishness and ruthless ruling over subjects, as they were back then, but there is more to this

First of all, that was the age of Cesare Borgia, the major inspiration of The Prince, and Lorenzo the Magnificent, for which this master work was written – by the way, Machiavelli had wanted to be into politics, not writing, but he ended up in jail, was tortured and then wrote, he was of the opinion that torture can have its uses
We have a fabulous quote from The Third Man https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... “in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”

Notwithstanding that, Nicolo Machiavelli was very concerned, chagrined and more about the state in which what we call Italy today was, France and Spain fought each other in there in some period, and great leaders were needed, different issues are debated in the book, the perils of having mercenaries, how to rule and keep power
Ruthlessness as coming out of these pages is nothing to my mind when compared with this TACO fellow – they gave a new nickname to this US leader (his MAGA crowd called him Orange Jesus) and that is from Trump Always Chickens Out aka TACO, what with all these tariff changes, the latest is about steel and went up to 50%

“A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.” Machiavelli was accurate in this and so much else, giving the examples of Caesar, Alexander the Great and others
Alas, what we have today is incredible, you almost feel that despite the technological, scientific progress, there is so much were things have declined, I mean this Corrupt, disgusting, vile monster, adored by his cult

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se

There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

[Maria Karaiskou · Rating 5 out of 5]

While the dispute about Machivelli's real motives still holds, this book is for sure a worth reading classic star. (not all classic stars are necessarily so). Extremely well written, concise and easily applied to any political scene anywhere in the world. As Machiavelli himself could gladly put it, a book that takes only two afternoons to finish but a whole life to understand.

[Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

İronik şekilde makyavelenizme bir eleştiri olarak okunursa harika nüanslar taşıyan ancak popüler kültürün aksine 21.yüzyıl insanına gündelik hayatta destekten çok köstek olacak bir kitap. Herkes farklı temellendirir değinmek istediği noktayı ancak Sevgi-Korku odaklı iktidarlarla yaptığı karşılaştırma maalesef ki doğruluğunu sürekli kanıtlar nitelikte.

[Ieva · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. Was good. Tā kā ijabs pēcvārdā teica, I don't see kpc cilvēki uzskata Makjavelli par sliktu. To pat es varēju savilkt kopā ar leadership par kuru mācos

[Damian Pollack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Difficult translation to understand. Maybe translations like this have a purpose for those in academia but for a casual reader looking for wisdom to apply this is not the translation.