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Discourses on Livy by Niccolo Machiavelli
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics
IDiscourses on Livy (1531) is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli with a ...Show more
Discourses on Livy (Machiavelli) by Niccolo Machiavelli (Lancaster University)
Category: Classics
Machiavelli was born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. He was the second son of Bernardo di Nicolo Machiavelli, a lawyer of some repute, and of Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli, his wife. Both parents were members of the old Florentine nobility. His life falls naturally into three periods, each of which singular ...Show more
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Penguin Great Ideas 5
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
Niccolo Machiavelli's the Prince on the Art of Power: The New Illustrated Edition of the Renaissance Masterpiece on Leadership by Niccolo Machiavelli (Lancaster University)
Category: Classics
With a scene-setting historical introduction, this newly translated and illustrated edition of a classic work is an essential addition to any home library. Written in 1512, "The Prince" is the masterpiece by Florentine political philosopher, poet, and playwright Niccolo Machiavelli. Although Machiavelli ...Show more
Prince by NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Written in 1513 for the Medici, following their return to power in Florence, The Prince is a handbook on ruling and the exercise of power. It remains as relevant today as it was in the sixteenth century. Widely quoted in the Press and in academic publications, The Prince has direct relevance to the issu ...Show more
The Discourses by Niccolo Machiavelli
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolo Machiavelli. But while his treatise "The Prince" made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthlessness and cynical manipulation, "The Discourses" (c.1517) shows a radically different outlook on the world of politics.In ...Show more
The Portable Machiavelli by Niccolo Machiavelli
Category: Classics | Series: Portable Library
This volume of Machiavelli's writings includes seven private letters, "The Prince", "Belfagor", "The Mandrake Root" and "Castruccio Castracani", as well as "The Discourses" (abridged) and substantial parts of "The Art of War" and "The History of Florence".Edited and Translated by Peter Bondanella and Ma ...Show more
The Prince by Machiavelli Niccolo
Category: Classics
Written in the 16th century by Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince instructs rulers in the merciless pursuit of winning and maintaining political power. In Machiavelli's view, the cold-blooded facts of effective rule should outweigh abstract ideals and ethical constraints. For "it is better ...Show more
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli - Peter Constantine (Translator)
Category: Non-Fiction
" It is far safer to be feared than loved Machiavelli made his name notorious for centuries with The Prince, his clever and cynical work about power relationships.The key themes of this influential, and ever timely, writer are that adaptability is the key to success and that effective leadership is some ...Show more
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Category: Classics
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise, by the Italian diplomat and political theorist, Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until ...Show more