The Prince

by Machiavelli, Niccolo

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The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added for this edition, ma…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Prince / Niccolò Machiavelli, Harvey C. Mansfield

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The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added for this edition, make it the definitive version of The Prince, indispensable to scholars, students, and those interested in the dark art of politics.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.
  • Edition:Second edition

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Notes

Translated and with an introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1268273929

Subjects

Biographies Biography Humanism humanisme Machiavelli, Niccolò Political science -- Philosophy Renaissance Renaissance -- Biographies Renaissance -- Biography

Writers

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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