Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor "The Prince" even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. . . "The Prince" . . .has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.
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The Prince is a classic political treatise by the Italian thinker of the age of Renaissance, Niccolo Machiavelli. It is a pioneer work in modern philosophy, and though very short and concise have had tremendous influence throughout the subsequent centuries after its publication, and has given us the phrase "Machiavellian".
A must read for every student of philosophy!!
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