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Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) was an Italian diplomat, philosopher, and writer, often regarded as the father of modern political theory. He is best known for his book "The Prince," a pragmatic guide to political leadership that emphasizes power, strategy, and the sometimes harsh realities of ruling. Machiavelli also authored other works like "Discourses on Livy," which explored republican governance. His name has since become synonymous with cunning and ruthless political tactics, giving rise to the term "Machiavellian."
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CHAPTER I.—Of the Beginnings of Cities in general, and in particular of that of Rome. No one who reads how the city of Rome had its beginning, who were its founders, and what its ordinances and laws, will marvel that so much excellence was maintained in it through many ages, or that it grew afterwards to be so great an Empire. And, first, as touching its origin, I say, that all cities have been...
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INTRODUCTION Niccolo Machiavelli, the first great Italian historian, and one of the most eminent political writers of any age or country, was born at Florence, May 3, 1469. He was of an old though not wealthy Tuscan family, his father, who was a jurist, dying when Niccolo was sixteen years old. We know nothing of Machiavelli's youth and little about his studies. He does not seem to have received...
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CHAPTER I — HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED All states, all powers, that have held and hold rule over men have been and are either republics or principalities. Principalities are either hereditary, in which the family has been long established; or they are new. The new are either entirely new, as was Milan to Francesco Sforza, or they are, as it were,...
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