The Prince
Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527)
The Prince Il Principe - Reader's Library Classics c2021 (1513) - 99 p 20/13,5/0,5 cm Paperback
The lion cannot guard himself from the toils, nor the fox from the wolves. A Prince must therefore be a fox to discern toils and a lion to drive off wolves.
The modern-day term "Machiavellian" is used to describe the deception, dishonesty and cruelty to meet a goal. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli was weitten as a guide for autocrats on how to govern using means that were meant to deceive and manipulate a government's constituency - to the extent of advocating the use of evil for political expediency.
In this classic work, the end justifies the means reigns paramount to Machiavelli's system of government.
IB
9781954839274
Political Science--Renaissance--Philosophy and Theory of the State
The Prince Il Principe - Reader's Library Classics c2021 (1513) - 99 p 20/13,5/0,5 cm Paperback
The lion cannot guard himself from the toils, nor the fox from the wolves. A Prince must therefore be a fox to discern toils and a lion to drive off wolves.
The modern-day term "Machiavellian" is used to describe the deception, dishonesty and cruelty to meet a goal. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli was weitten as a guide for autocrats on how to govern using means that were meant to deceive and manipulate a government's constituency - to the extent of advocating the use of evil for political expediency.
In this classic work, the end justifies the means reigns paramount to Machiavelli's system of government.
IB
9781954839274
Political Science--Renaissance--Philosophy and Theory of the State