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The prince / Niccolò Machiavelli ; translated and edited by Peter Bondanella ; with an introduction by Maurizio Viroli

Author
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Uniform Title
Principe. English
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
Copyright Date
©2005
Physical Description
1 online resource (420 unnumbered pages) : map
Additional Creators
Bondanella, Peter, 1943-2017
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Language Note
Translated from the Italian.
Contents
A chronology of Niccolò Machiavelli -- Map of Italy c.1500 -- The Prince.
Summary
Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. This fluent new translation is accompanied by comprehensive notes and an introduction that dispels some of the myths associated with Machiavelli, and considers the true purpose of The Prince: "A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought ... but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands." 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 first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men 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. This fluent new translation is accompanied by comprehensive notes and an introduction that considers the true purpose of The Prince and dispels some of the myths associated with it
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ISBN
9780191516818 (electronic bk.)
0191516813 (electronic bk.)
9780192804266
019280426X
9786610752959
6610752958
019280426X (Paper)
9780199535699
0199535698
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages xlii-xlix) and index.
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