Prince

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Machiavelli grew up at a time when the excesses of the church were more under scrutiny than at any time since Constantine. As Savonarola was decrying Florentine governmental excesses in the 1490s, Machiavelli’s star was on the rise. The same year that Savonarola was executed for heresy, Machiavelli began his career as a diplomat and, as Savonarola presaged the Reformation, Machiavelli became an early champion of pragmatism. Il Principe (“The Prince”) eschews the idealism of the politics of its age and espouses the realistic political situation that, to a great extent, it inspired.

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SKU (ISBN): 9780140449150
ISBN10: 0140449159
Niccolo Machiavelli | Translator: George Bull
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: February 2003
Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Group USA

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