Niccolò Machiavelli

Mandragola

Comic play depicting intrigue, desire, and scheming in Renaissance Florence

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Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli

Florentine statesman and political philosopher whose The Prince founded modern political science by separating politics from ethics. His frank analysis of how power is actually acquired and maintained shocked readers for centuries. He is also the author of the Discourses, a more republican and nuanced work.

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