Machiavelli Niccolò
The founder of modern political science, Machiavelli separated politics from ethics in The Prince by describing power as it actually operates rather than as moralists wish it would. The Discourses on Livy is a deeper, more republican work. His name became a byword for cynical power politics.
Works
- The PrinceTreatise on acquiring and maintaining political power through pragmatic and amoral means
- Discourses on LivyCommentary on republican government and the maintenance of liberty and order
- The Art of WarMilitary strategy and tactics drawn from classical and contemporary warfare examples
- Florentine HistoriesNarrative history of Florence from its origins to the present age
- MandragolaComedic play depicting romantic intrigue and deception in Renaissance Florence