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...
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...
A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's...
" 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...
Machiavelli's highly influential treatise on political power The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccoló Machiavelli drew on his own experience of office under...
The Prince by Niccol Machiavelli is a seminal work of political philosophy that offers profound insights into power, leadership, and governance. Immerse yourself in this influential treatise and gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of politics and the art of ruling...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Machiavelli draws on his extensive historical knowledge and experience as a statesman to examine the reasons that Kings, Emperors, Dukes and governments have thrived or crumbled, while highlighting the principles that guided them. In each case Machiavelli suggests a set of...
With a mix of both respectable and immoral advice, The Prince is a frank analysis on political power. Separated into four sections, The Prince is both a guide to obtain power and an explanation on the aspects that affect it. The first section discusses the...
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...
The Prince is a 16th-century political book written by Nicolo Machiavelli, an Italian diplomat and political theorist, as a guide for new princes and monarchs. The Prince's central subject is that princely goals - such as glory and survival - might justify the use of immoral...
'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...
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...
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...
Witty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, The Prince is Machiavelli's classic analysis of statesmanship and power. "It is best to be both feared and loved, however, if one cannot be both, it is better to be feared than loved." --Machiavelli For over four hundred years, The Prince...
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- Wayne A. Rebhorn's thorough and thought-provoking introduction to Machiavelli, his world, and his famous political treatise (1513).
- An accurate and highly readable translation, detailed explanatory annotations, and a map of...
"Codevilla has the ability to convey in a straightforward and accessible style what is important about the Western Tradition and about Machiavelli's contribution to it."--Larry Peterman, University of California, Davis A classic of the Western tradition, Machiavelli's...
This new edition of the acclaimed translation of Niccol Machiavelli's The Prince - revised for the first time after thirty years - includes a rewritten and extended introduction by Quentin Skinner. Niccol Machiavelli is arguably the most famous and controversial figure in the...