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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Highly inductive, applying a relatively narrow reading of classical (well, Roman) history to a narrower aspect of Italian history, written to persuade Lorenzo de Medici to hire its out-of-work courtier author, who was previously allied to the Borgias . A job application that has survived as a work of literature because, I suspect, it is so illuminating as to the politics of Italy during the Renaissance, and because of its cynical views on human nature - which are surely the author's own. And of course it was valued by several prominent authors who came after. Not a book that is wrong so much as it is highly specific: for those not attempting to run a small Italian republic in the sixteenth century, it is of lesser utility. ( ) Not at all what I was expecting. "Machiavellian" is used so often to describe cut-throat behaviour that you would think the book would be more relevant to general life principles. Sadly, it is really intended for princes and those in monarchies. Unless you are looking for an obscure history lesson in 15th century Italy, I would find something more relevant. a classic, but not a great one; probably good at the time but very much a historical text - i found it to be quite dull and probably a somewhat inferior text to other analyses of politics since. however, as a groundbreaking text, i suppose it holds much credit simply in pioneering many of its ideas, and on the meta-level i found the way machiavelli constructs the 'virtus' as the synthesis between moral and practical achievement to be interesting. Excellent book! I always heard good things said about this book. I, for no good reason, assumed that this book will be a philosophical discourse on duties of a ruler. I opened this book with a presumption that I will not go beyond 20 pages. However, I was so intrigued that I completed this book in a single sitting. This is book is as much a treatise on the political management as a handbook on public administration. After reading the book, I can't help but marvel at Machiavelli's acute observation, shrewdness and patriotism. His love for Italy is evident in almost every line. Given that the book was written during the most tumultuous period of the italian history when statEs waged wars on other states, mercenaries are a common sight, loot and plunder abounded, Machiavelli, believed in a stable state. A state that can fend off external enemies and that can quell the internal quibbles. He wants the ruler(prince) to be strong and impose his authority. According to Machiavelli, a powerful ruler should always think with his head than with his heart. I liked Machiavelli's writing style; he used props like anecdotes and analogies with perfection. His writing strikes chord because all the doctrines stated in the book are not dogmatic and are the result of experiences he gained by observing his contemporaries and his study of history.
In the introduction to his new translation of The Prince, Tim Parks tells his reader that a grasp of Machiavelli requires "some sense of the complicated political geography of Italy in the 15th and early 16th centuries"....Even with Parks's valiant modernisation, it can be a sludgy read. Machiavelli's name clearly became a byword for skulduggery with help from a lot of people who have never bothered to read a word he wrote... Kad je reč o umešnosti vladanja, ovo nezaobilazno delo bilo je i ostalo neprevaziđeno. Postalo je pojam! Delo nastalo na velikom raskršću istorije, kada se odlučno odbacuje srednjovekovno metafizičko učenje i usvajaju empirički metodi razmišljanja, predstavlja ujedno fascinantno svedočanstvo razlaza između mita i realnosti, između vere i sumnje. Ovaj biser renesansne političke misli karakteriše realistično posmatranje političkih događaja i visoke moralne pobude koje su inspirisale autora. Vladalac je samo prividno apoteoza tiranina i kodeks pravila za ubijanje, čitav traktat o vladaocu svodi se na to da se u Italiji pronađe čovek koji će je ujediniti. Život i delo ovog poznatog firentinca obeležavaju kao teoretičara o osnivanju i održavanju država. Belongs to Publisher SeriesCentopaginemillelire (246) — 29 more Everyman's Library (280) Hackett Classics (1513) Helikon Zsebkönyvek (4.) Medallion Penguin Classics (L107) Newton Compton Live (25) Obras Inmortales (44) Oriento-Okcidento (42) Penguin Classics (L107) Perpetua reeks (2) Perrin, Tempus (506) Reclams Universal-Bibliothek (1218) Strenna [UTET] (1961) The World's Classics (43) Is contained inEl príncipe ; El arte de la guerra ; Discursos sobre la primera década de Tito Livio ; Vida de Castruccio Castracani ; Discursos sobre la situación de Florencia by Niccolo Machiavelli (indirect) Greatest Works of Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince, The Art of War, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius & History of Florence by Niccolò Machiavelli (indirect) Il Principe - La Mandragola - Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio by Niccolò Machiavelli (indirect) The Harvard Classics [50 Volume Set] by Charles William Eliot (indirect) The Prince - Special Edition with Machiavelli's Description of the Methods of Murder Adopted by Duke Valentino & the Lif by Niccolò Machiavelli Has the adaptationIs abridged inIs replied to inHas as a studyHas as a student's study guideNotable Lists
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HTML: Il Principe (The Prince) is the famous text by Florentine public servant Niccolo Machiavelli, in which he outlines the best strategy by which a prince can acquire, maintain and protect his state. Published posthumously, the text departs from his previous works, but is that for which he is remembered, and which has produced the adjective "Machiavellian". Machiavelli directives for maintaining a secure state are direct and at times brutal, taking the view that the ends justify the means. .No library descriptions found.
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