| During a time of political and social upheaval, when Popes were leading armies and city-states were falling into foreign hands, political theorist and Florentine public servant, Niccolò Machiavelli, rose to prominent position in the state and wrote one of the most stimulating political treatise ever scripted. Not published until five years after his death, "The Prince" examines the acquisition, perpetuation, and use of political power and how a prince might gain and maintain that power. Machiave....[more] |
| Niccolo Machiavelli considered this book his greatest achievement. Here you will learn how to recruit, train, motivate, and discipline an army. You will learn the difference between strategy and tactics. Machiavelli does a masterful job of breaking down and analyzing historic battles. This book of military knowledge belongs alongside Sun-Tzu on every book shelf. |
2009
| Utopia by Thomas More AND The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli written respectively by authors Thomas More & Niccolo Machiavelli is considered by many to be two of the most widely read books of all time. These two popular titles will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, Utopia by Thomas More AND The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, the combinati....[more] |
1917
| Translated from the Italian by Ninian Hill Thomson M.A. |
1981
| Niccol di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright. He is a figure of the Italian Renaissance and a central figure of its political component, most widely known for his treatises on realist political theory -The Prince (1513)- on the one hand and republicanism -Discourses on Livy (1512-1517)- on the other. |
2003
| If I would want, therefore, to arrange (an army for) an engagement in imitation of the Romans, just as they had two Legions, I would take two Battalions, and these having been deployed, the disposition of an entire Army would be known: for by adding more people, nothing else is accomplished than to enlarge the organization. |
1996
| Discourses on Livy, written in 1531, is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli with a consistent point of view in all his works. Machiavelli's close analysis of Livy's history of Rome led him to advance his most original and outspoken view of politics--the belief that a h....[more] |
2001
| But when evening falls I go home and enter my writing room. On the threshold I put off my country habits filthy with mud and mire and array myself in royal courtly garments. Thus worthily attired Imake my entrance into the ancient courts of the men of old where they receive me with love and where I feed upon that food which only is my own and for which I was born. |
2005
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