The prince
Book - 2005
'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 firsthand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which mean seize, retain, and lose political power. Machiavelli added a dimension of incisive realism to one of the major philosophical and political issues of his time, especially the relationship between public deeds and private morality. His book provides a remarkably uncompromising picture of the true nature of power, no matter in what era or by whom it is exercised"--Cover, p.... 4.
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- Published
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
c2005.
- Language
- English
Italian - Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- Translation of: Il principe.
- Physical Description
- li, 133 p. : map ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [xlii]-xlix) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780199535699
9780192804266
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