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− | * [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9856 ''The Prince''] | + | '''Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli''' (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He wrote his masterpiece, ''Il Principe (The Prince)'' [Original title: ''De Principatibus / Il Principe''], after the Medici had recovered power and he no longer held a position of responsibility in Florence. "Machiavellianism", is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described in ''The Prince''. |
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+ | ==Literature== | ||
+ | Books | ||
+ | * [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9856 ''The Prince''], 1532. | ||
+ | * ''The Discourses on Livy'' (Italian: ''Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'', literally ''Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy''), c. 1517, 1531 | ||
* http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli/ | * http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli/ | ||
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+ | ==Link== | ||
+ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli Machiavelli on Wiki] | ||
+ | * [http://digilander.libero.it/il_machiavelli/index.html Works of Machiavelli (Italian and English text)] |
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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He wrote his masterpiece, Il Principe (The Prince) [Original title: De Principatibus / Il Principe], after the Medici had recovered power and he no longer held a position of responsibility in Florence. "Machiavellianism", is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described in The Prince.
Literature
Books
- The Prince, 1532.
- The Discourses on Livy (Italian: Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio, literally Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy), c. 1517, 1531
- http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli/