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Niccolò Machiavelli

Born

in Florence, republic

April 24, 1469

Died

June 11, 1527

Genre

Politics, History, Nonfiction

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The Prince , book of Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian political theorist, in
1513 describes an indifferent ruler to moral considerations with determination to achieve and to maintain power.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, a philosopher, musician, and poet, wrote plays. He figured centrally in component of the Renaissance, and people most widely know his realist treatises on the one hand and republicanism of Discourses on Livy .

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Average rating: 3.85 · 422,848 ratings · 17,888 reviews · 2,273 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 390,201 ratings — published 1532 — 6503 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Discourses 4.08 avg rating — 9,915 ratings — published 1517 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War 4.05 avg rating — 9,136 ratings — published 1521 — 854 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mandragola 3.42 avg rating — 6,318 ratings — published 1524 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince and Other Writings by Niccolò Machiavelli, Wayne A. Rebhorn (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 2,636 ratings — published 1502 — 176 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of War/The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Henry Neville (Translator), W.K. Marriott (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 1,365 ratings — published 1521 — 119 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince and The Discourses 4.10 avg rating — 1,126 ratings — published 1531 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Machiavelli by Niccolò Machiavelli, Peter Bondanella (Translator), Mark Musa (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince: By Nicolo Machiavelli & Illustrated 3.91 avg rating — 688 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Political Writings by Niccolò Machiavelli, David Wootton (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Niccolò Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy (2 books)
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Niccolò Machiavelli,

Ninian Hill Thompson (translator)

4.08 avg rating — 9,915 ratings

Machiavelli: The Chief Works and Others (3 books)
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Niccolò Machiavelli,

Allan Gilbert (Editor)

4.50 avg rating — 40 ratings

Quotes by Niccolò Machiavelli (?)

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: political-philosophy

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“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: philosophy

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The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 1513, 140 pages

90 votes, 31.8%

A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy 1873, 374 pages

65 votes, 23.0%

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782, 448 pages

51 votes, 18.0%

The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson 1888, 242 pages

39 votes, 13.8%

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant 1885, 416 pages

23 votes, 8.1%

New Grub Street by George Gissing 1891, 560 pages

15 votes, 5.3%

283 total votes

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