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Greatest Works of Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince, The Art of War, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius & History of Florence Kindle Edition

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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469–1527) was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance, for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. Machiavelli was born in a tumultuous era—popes waged acquisitive wars against Italian city-states, and people and cities might fall from power at any time. Machiavelli has become infamous for such political advice, ensuring that he would be remembered in history through the adjective, "Machiavellian", but he was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics. This collection, contains his best works, in their original editions: The Prince, The Art of War, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius & History of Florence.

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Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a Florentine statesman who was later forced out of public life. He then devoted himself to studying and writing political philosophy, history, fiction, and drama.

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Luis Díez

muy interesante

Reviewed in Spain on 28 December 2018

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hay libros peores y otros mejores, pero siempre es interesante leer el pensamiento de Maquiavelo y como sigue teniendo influencia más de 500 años después

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Schulz

A good read. NSA read it. Then THEY Flagged this infamous book and are just waiting to add you to their list. Skip it - Snowden

Reviewed in the United States on 11 June 2015

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Every power broker reads it and they all deny having done it. So get with it and read it yourself, join the club that prime ministers, presidents, politicians, tacticians, tycoons, and commanders have all enjoyed for four centuries. Anyone that tells you this is a banned book, or its a red flag book just doesn't want you to read it. Anyone who simply parrots the same old cliche that the ends justify the means - they didn't get it or again are trying to discredit the book to repress readership. Cut through the nonsense and learn how to be a fair and kind leader. Learn how surrounding yourself with able minded people, not sycophants, can serve your whole team better. And if anyone crosses you, try to negotiate around it. If that doesn't work, the solution three centuries ago was to poison them, and throw their body down a well. Today you could be more reasonable and "unfriend" them.

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Tom in CA

Still relevant 600 years later

Reviewed in the United States on 25 March 2015

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This was written over 600 years ago and is still relevant today - Machiavelli makes it all sound simple and easy to understand. If you want to understand what's happening in the world, why we don't ever quite get out of Afghanistan or make a deal with Iran or how we messed up in Iraq; just read this book. It also gives you insight into the motivations of our current politicians like Obama and Bush.

Helps you cut through all the propaganda you get from various political and self interested sources and makes you feel sane in an often insane world. Read it.

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Richard Stafford

Well Translated by W.K. Marriott in 1908

Reviewed in the United States on 3 January 2014

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"The Prince" is one of the great classics of moral literature devoted to the pursuit of political power and domination. The ethical issues of which it treats have been discussed throughout much of history, and in rating this book with four and nearly five stars, I am not recommending the moral value of the argument it makes. That judgment must be rendered by the individual reader and ultimately by events defining his or her constituent society. Whether Machiavelli's advice is good or bad is NOT the point of my review. I am evaluating only the clarity of the English language used in its translation. I am not even assessing the accuracy of the translation, although I believe it to be good.
I presume that the book was scanned for its modern reproduction as a Kindle publication. All of us know that such scans need careful proofreading and even editing to be clear. However, this text, I think, is easy to read and quite good, although I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the translation in every instance.
The work is coherent. And it is an important piece of literature. It has been widely influential, perhaps even having added twists to the turns of one of the greatest works by Christopher Marlowe, and also to the remarkable novel, "Faust," by the German genius, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
This work of advice to one of the Medici princes may not have been the inspiration for either the English poet or the German novelist. The source of the two Faustian characters may have been a legend in which a German astrologer made a pact with the Devil in order to further his own ends. But it surely is possible that Machiavelli exerted an influence also upon the great Marlowe, whose play (questioning whether in the moral terms of power struggles the end justifies the means) "The Tragicall History 0f Faustus" came to life less than eight decades after the death of Machiavelli.
Since the 16th century, the philosophy of self-serving manipulation has been called "Machiavellian." The notion that the end justifies the means, and that it is appropriate to use almost any means available to achieve personal mastery over others (including every sort of deception, misinformation and misdirection, so well as theft, murder or felonious maneuvers involving treachery so secretive, yet overwhelming, as to be almost unimaginable) have born that appellation. The only means excluded are those that cannot be hidden or defended. This philosophy provides the template for betrayal as portrayed in modern books of spy-craft. By substantially implying that either a resolution of evil or a peril of conscience must exist in the plotted pursuits of power, it is part of the fabric with which the finest authors of espionage thrillers, such as John le Carre, fill their page-turning studies of the human spirit. Evil practices in support of power long have been called "Machiavellian" and attributed to Machiavelli's book, "The Prince," which the author recommended as possibly edifying for a likely successor among ruthless political potentates.
Many might say that the philosophy advocated in this book is so malevolent that its sanctions all involve a kind of pact with the Devil.
Others, perhaps even philosophers, who actually can define the difference between "real war" and "true war," such as Carl von Clausewitz did, might be able to rationalize it differently. If war is merely the continuation of policy by other means, then it is possible to see expediency, only, in some of the places where moralists of another hue find evil.
My position in this review does not cover the moral nature of the work. It says only that this copy is clearly written and can be read easily.

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Still Important and Relevant

Reviewed in the United States on 23 September 2013

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You don't have to agree with the advice and the world view it represents. If, however, you want to be an intelligent, involved participant in social, political, and economic interactions, you have to be aware of the Machiavelli's methods and approach to political problems. You can choose to reject them, but you cannot ignore them. This is Realpolitik distilled and refined. Read it, and the day's news will look a little different to you.

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