The prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli ; translated and edited by Peter Bondanella ; with an introduction by Maurizio Viroli.
Contributors: Bondanella, Peter E., 1943-
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: Political science -- Early works to 1800; Political ethics
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: 'When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's firsthand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which mean seize, retain, and lose political power. Machiavelli added a dimension of incisive realism to one of the major philosophical and political issues of his time, especially the relationship between public deeds and private morality. His book provides a remarkably uncompromising picture of the true nature of power, no matter in what era or by whom it is exercised"--Cover page 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xlii]-xlix) and index.
Translation of: Il principe.