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The Prince by Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli is a politics available to read on EtoBox.

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116 pages ; 18 cm "Machiavellianism" is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described most famously in The Prince. Machiavelli described immoral behavior, such as dishonesty and killing innocents, as being normal and effective in politics. He even seemed to endorse it in some situations. The book itself gained notoriety when some readers claimed that the author was teaching evil, and providing "evil recommendations to tyrants to help them maintain their power." The term "Machiavellian" is often associated with political deceit, deviousness, and realpolitik. On the other hand, many commentators, such as Baruch Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot, have argued that Machiavelli was actually a Republican, even when writing The Prince, and his writings were an inspiration to Enlightenment proponents of modern democratic political philosophy -- publisher's website Translator not named

Who reads The Prince?

Author

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

Publisher

New York, Wildside Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781479420254

Category

politics

Subjects

Political Science, History, Social_sciences

Rating

3.78 / 5 (613 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14