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The Niccolo Machiavelli Collection: The Prince, The Art of War, Discourses on Livy, and Florentine Histories
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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469–1527) was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance, for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. Machiavelli was born in a tumultuous era—popes waged acquisitive wars against Italian city-states, and people and cities might fall from power at any time. Machiavelli has become infamous for such political advice, ensuring that he would be remembered in history through the adjective, "Machiavellian", but he was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics. This collection, contains his best works, in their original editions: The Prince, The Art of War, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius & History of Florence.
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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469–1527) was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance, for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. Machiavelli was born in a tumultuous era—popes waged acquisitive wars against Italian city-states, and people and cities might fall from power at any time. Machiavelli has become infamous for such political advice, ensuring that he would be remembered in history through the adjective, "Machiavellian", but he was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics. This collection, contains his best works, in their original editions: The Prince, The Art of War, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius & History of Florence.
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First published February 10, 2013
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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 .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%...
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 .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%...
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March 15, 2022
I read the Penguin Classics edition, which I can't find in GoodReads.
This edition is very well annotated. Really enjoyed the book. Even with the translator's annotations, introduction, and notes, it could be difficult to understand all that he's saying without context of his day (which I got from the early modern European history class I'm taking). Machiavelli was a pragmatist and not the scheming villain of modern-day imagery. That reputation came from the English Reformation's efforts to discredit anything associated with Roman Catholicism. I'll be re-reading at some point.
This edition is very well annotated. Really enjoyed the book. Even with the translator's annotations, introduction, and notes, it could be difficult to understand all that he's saying without context of his day (which I got from the early modern European history class I'm taking). Machiavelli was a pragmatist and not the scheming villain of modern-day imagery. That reputation came from the English Reformation's efforts to discredit anything associated with Roman Catholicism. I'll be re-reading at some point.
December 10, 2024
Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, the third is useless.
April 18, 2021
If you want to know how the world governments hold power, this is a glimpse into that very world.
January 3, 2025
Its a short read, that has defined peak authoritarianism since.
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