The Prince

Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Starting from the second half of the 15th century, Europe entered the Renaissance period with Italy as its birthplace. As Engels once pointed out, it was a great, progressive change that humanity had never experienced before, an era that demanded giants, and giants indeed emerged—in terms of mental ability, passion, and character, as well as in versatility and erudition. Niccolò Machiavelli was one of the giants of this great era. He was a political figure and diplomat from Florence, Italy, as well as a political thinker. He was also the one who made political science an independent discipline, completely separating it from ethics, earning the title of "founder of bourgeois political science." Additionally, he was a historian, military writer, poet, and playwright. Among the author's several academic works, The Prince is the smallest in length but also the most famous, bringing Machiavelli worldwide recognition after his death.