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Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince

The Prince is a book that was controversial before it had even been sent to the printer. Written in vernacular Italian instead of Latin, dedicated to a member of one of the most powerful Italian families of the day, and only printed after Machiavelli’s death, this treatise on how to tyrannize effectively was considered shocking even by his contemporaries. The discussion of its morality that continues to this day gives us the modern-day word Machiavellian.
The book is organized into several sections, each one giving direction on the ruthless rule of principalities that Machiavelli based on both reading and personal experience. Despite its controversial nature, The Prince is often cited as one of the first examples of modern philosophical thought, and the “advice” contained within is still quoted as relevant today.
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  • Ibtisam Bhattiделится впечатлением5 лет назад

    Totally epic read. I now understand how to become the next true world leader, even if the world I will lead will only have a few million left when I'm done with it.

  • Adam Smithделится впечатлением2 месяца назад
    👍Worth reading
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
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    An excellent work that depicts premodern politics on the eve of the end of
    the medieval period and the beginning of The Renaissance .

    Basically: If you watched Game of Thrones or the Godfather , you know how things are. But this work is important for further analysis using historical realities from classical antiquity to Machiavelli's time , for his analysis and experience are indeed insightful into how power is obtained and maintained without ending up like say, Ned stark and Goffery.

  • Sentinelделится впечатлением5 лет назад
    💡Learnt A Lot

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    you wish to please me, and to bring success and honour to yourself, do right and study, because others will help you if you help yourself."
  • David Alejandroцитирует8 лет назад
    Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined
  • Haffizah Yasminaцитирует6 лет назад
    Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined

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