The Prince

Name: The Prince
Author: Machiavelli Niccolò

by Machiavelli Niccolò

Treatise on acquiring and maintaining political power through pragmatic and amoral means

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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.

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