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Niccolò Machiavelli (born May 3, 1469, Florence-died June 21, 1527, Florence) Italian statesman, historian, and political theorist. He rose to power after the overthrow of Girolamo Savonarola, was appointed secretary and Second Chancellor to the Florentine Republic in 1498. Working as a diplomat for 14 years, he came in contact with the most powerful figures in Europe. He was dismissed when the Medici family returned to power in 1512, and during the next year he was arrested and tortured for conspiracy. Though soon released, he was not permitted to return to public office. His famous treatise The Prince (1513, published 1532) is a handbook for rulers; though dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence from 1513, it failed to win Machiavelli his favour. Machiavelli viewed The Prince as an objective description of political reality. Because he viewed human nature as venal, grasping, and thoroughly self-serving, he suggested that ruthless cunning is appropriate to the conduct of government. Though admired for its incisive brilliance, the book also has been widely condemned as cynical and amoral, and “Machiavellian” has come to mean deceitful, unscrupulous, and manipulative. His other works include a set of discourses on Livy (completed c. 1518), the comedy The Mandrake (completed c. 1518), The Art of War (published 1521), and the Florentine Histories (completed c. 1525).

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Niccolò Machiavelli (born May 3, 1469, Florence-died June 21, 1527, Florence) Italian statesman, historian, and political theorist. He rose to power after the overthrow of Girolamo Savonarola, was appointed secretary and Second Chancellor to the Florentine Republic in 1498. Working as a diplomat for 14 years, he came in contact with the most powerful figures in Europe. He was d...

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  • 小鹿想念书
    classic work to read before Hobbs09-14
  • 触见
    文本内在的极大张力,多方面不同层次的意涵造就了这部经典——就好像《资本论》之于经济学,《君主论》一方面,没有完全摆脱主体,去研究客观的系统;但反过来说,马基雅维利研究的本来也不是政治科学(正如马克思要做的是在整体上把握资本主义,而非“经济”)。所以读这类著作的方法也不应该是消解分析式的,即将其中论断归纳到政治伦理等分科之学中去,再去判断其于该“科”学的意义;而是综合地用一种同情去理解——就好像读一部小说——去把握其中整体的“形象”。12-03
  • 车裂小可爱
    读完了penguin press的,还要把教授规定的uchicago press的翻译读一遍02-26
  • 谢玩玩
    除开西方的殖民史,就中国历史来说,触龙说赵太后,汉光武帝事,也可以在这本书里面找到恰如其分的解说。其实摊开来说白了,任何一个时期的政治,都是以利益为导向。而要达成未必公平但对于社会来说勉强合理,能够为人所接受的利益分配,最开始所要拥有的,就是power & force. 所谓的Fortune,在这两者缺失的情况下,简直不值一提。05-16
  • 一叶
    its just a business01-18

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