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Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition The Prince, (Paperback)
A new translation of the infamous Renaissance classic, in a striking deluxe edition The original blueprint for realpolitik, The Prince shocked sixteenth-century Europe with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality.
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from gottfried_leibniz
This is an interesting book on Political Philosophy, I think it falls under Realism. Machiavelli doesn't want to systematize but simply shares from his experience.As I kept reading the book, I had to reflect a lot of the ideas and try to draw conclusions from this world. I think, most of what he ...
from charlie68
Very gritty, earthy book on the means of gaining and holding power. Deals with humans as they are as the introduction points out. A lot of the points made in the book are in use in todays politics eventhough people may not want to think so. Like every book that I think in general misses the mark,...
from CorroDonk
Looking to make a rise to power? Interested in the many ways to maintain a small province? Planning on conquering a neighboring city and winning the hearts of the people? The Prince is for you. By that introduction I did not mean to underplay the significance of The Prince. I found that much of w...
from MrsLee
I read this because it is one of those books everyone says should be read. It wasn't terribly long, the translation was easily understandable and I thought I would give it a try. What surprised me, was that I enjoyed it. I found Machiavelli's teaching style very good. He sets forth a principle, t...
from IreneF
Other people have reviewed The Prince's content. I gave this book four stars; I would have given it five if the translation were better. This edition (Dover Thrift) is certainly economical, but the sentences are long, convoluted, and reverse subject and object. It took me a while to get through e...
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