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The lion cannot guard himself from the toils, nor the fox from wolves. A Prince must therefore be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off wolves.

The modern-day term "Machiavellian" is used to describe deception, dishonesty, and cruelty... Read Full Overview

The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the... Read Full Overview

" It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles." How can a prince rise to power? What must he do to remain in it? What is expected of a good ruler? Which is better-- to be feared or to be loved? Offering an explicit insight into the minds of a ruler, here... Read Full Overview

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The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended... Read Full Overview

When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to... Read Full Overview

Esta es la obra m s conocida de Nicol s Maquiavelo. M s all de asuntos secundarios y casi ex ticos como el abuso del t rmino maquiav lico para referirse a algo astuto o enga oso, tenemos aqu un tratado intachable, cuya vigencia en la actualidad resulta asombrosa, sobre las... Read Full Overview

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How can a prince rise to power? What must... Read Full Overview

El Pr ncipe (en italiano y originalmente: Il principe) es un tratado de teor a pol tica escrito por Nicol s Maquiavelo en 1513, mientras este se encontraba encarcelado en San Casciano por la acusaci n de haber conspirado en contra de los M dici. El libro fue publicado en 1531... Read Full Overview

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccol Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version... Read Full Overview

In his introduction to this new translation by Russell Price, Professor Skinner presents a lucid analysis of Machiavelli's text as a response both to the world of Florentine politics, and as an attack on the advice-books for princes published by a number of his contemporaries... Read Full Overview

'A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought...but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.'When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in... Read Full Overview

THE HANDBOOK FOR LEADERS

The Prince is often regarded as the first true leadership book. It shocked contemporary readers with its ruthless call for fearless and effective action. With simple prose and straightforward logic Machiavelli's guide still has the power... Read Full Overview

As a young Florentine envoy to the courts of France and the Italian principalities, Niccol? Machiavelli (1469-1527) was able to observe firsthand the lives of people strongly united under one powerful ruler. His fascination with that political rarity and his intense desire to... Read Full Overview

Trait politique crit au d but du XVIe si cle par Nicolas Machiavel, homme politique et crivain florentin, qui montre comment devenir prince et le rester, analysant des exemples de l'histoire antique et de l'histoire italienne de l' poque. Parce que l'ouvrage ne donnait pas... Read Full Overview