The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli
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- ISBN 10
- 0140441077
- ISBN 13
- 9780140441079
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Penguin, New York. 12th paperback printing. Condition: Good, light edge and corner wear, creasing at corners, light scuffing on covers, faint creasing at rear cover.
This famous treatise on statecraft holds such power to shock men of goodwill that at one time Machiavelli was identified with Satan himself. In his own turbulent times, however, Machiavelli was concerned, not with lofty ideals, but with government that would last. He drew on his own experience of office under the Florentine Republic. Here he states uncompromisingly what, in some degree, most governments do but none profess to do, and the tough realities of Machiavelli's Italian are well preserved in the clear, unambiguous English of George Bul's translation.
This famous treatise on statecraft holds such power to shock men of goodwill that at one time Machiavelli was identified with Satan himself. In his own turbulent times, however, Machiavelli was concerned, not with lofty ideals, but with government that would last. He drew on his own experience of office under the Florentine Republic. Here he states uncompromisingly what, in some degree, most governments do but none profess to do, and the tough realities of Machiavelli's Italian are well preserved in the clear, unambiguous English of George Bul's translation.
Synopsis
The Prince is a political treatise by the Italian public servant and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was originally written in 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The Prince was one of the first works of modern philosophy, in which pragmatic ends, as opposed to teleological concepts, are the purpose.
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- Title
- The Prince
- Author
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 12th printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140441077
- ISBN 13
- 9780140441079
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- This edition first published
- July 30, 1961
- Keywords
- shop books; discount books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; Historical Literature; Non-Fiction;
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