THE PRINCE (Wisehouse Classics Edition)

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THE PRINCE (Wisehouse Classics Edition)

THE PRINCE (Italian: Il Principe) is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist NiccolÃ² 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 â€œlong before then, in fact since the first appearance of the Prince in manuscript, controversy had swirled about his writingsâ€. 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 how to consider 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 â€œMachiavellianâ€ into usage as a pejorative. It also helped make â€œOld Nickâ€ an English term for the devil, and even contributed to the modern negative connotations of the words â€œpoliticsâ€ and â€œpoliticianâ€ 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.

Country	USA
Author	Nicolo Machiavelli
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9789176371244
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Wisehouse Classics
Manufacturer	Wisehouse Classics
NumberOfPages	63
PublicationDate	2015-12-27
Publisher	Wisehouse Classics
ReleaseDate	2015-12-27
Studio	Wisehouse Classics

THE PRINCE (Wisehouse Classics Edition)

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