The Prince: Strategy Of Niccolo Machiavelli

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Prince: Strategy Of Niccolo MachiavelliISBN13:9781974558605ISBN10:1974558606Author:Machiavelli, Niccolo (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - 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 Was Not Published Until 1532, Five Years After Machiavelli's Death This Was Done With The Permission Of The Medici Pope Clement Vii, But Long Before Then, In Fact Since The First Appearance Of The Prince In Manuscript, Controversy Had Swirled About His Writings Although It Was Written As If It Were A Traditional Work In The Mirrors For Princes Style, It Is Generally Agreed That It Was Especially Innovative This Is Only Partly Because It Was Written In The Vernacular Italian Rather Than Latin, A Practice Which Had Become Increasingly Popular Since The Publication Of Dante's Divine Comedy And Other Works Of Renaissance Literature The Prince Is Sometimes Claimed To Be One Of The First Works Of Modern Philosophy, Especially Modern Political Philosophy, In Which The Effective Truth Is Taken To Be More Important Than Any Abstract Ideal It Was Also In Direct Conflict With The Dominant Catholic And Scholastic Doctrines Of The Time Concerning Politics And Ethics Although It Is Relatively Short, The Treatise Is The Most Remembered Of Machiavelli's Works And The One Most Responsible For Bringing The Word Machiavellian Into Usage As A Pejorative It Even Contributed To The Modern Negative Connotations Of The Words Politics And Politician In Western Countries In Terms Of Subject Matter It Overlaps With The Much Longer Discourses On Livy, Which Was Written A Few Years Later In Its Use Of Near-Contemporary Italians As Examples Of People Who Perpetrated Criminal Deeds For Politics, Another Lesser-Known Work By Machiavelli Which The Prince Has Been Compared To Is The Life Of Castruccio Castracani The Descriptions Within The Prince Have The General Theme Of Accepting That The Aims Of Princes - Such As Glory And Survival - Can Justify The Use Of Immoral Means To Achieve Those Ends: He Who Neglects What Is Done For What Ought To Be Done, Sooner Effects His Ruin Than His Preservation Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-08-16Weight:0.24 lbsDimensions:0.15'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:72Language:English

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