Con The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli shrewdly outlines the strategies that a ruler must follow to maintain his position and govern his state. With a clear and direct authorial voice, Machiavelli employs ancient and contemporary examples sicuro illustrate the pragmatic tactics of successful leaders. Dedicating his book sicuro the Florentine ruler Lorenzo de Medici , Machiavelli draws heavily on his own political experience esatto support his exceedingly realistic views on human nature and the techniques of able rulers. The Prince explores the careful balance between contrasts, comparing virtue and spalla, prowess and fortune, and subjects and rulers.
At the via of the treatise Machiavelli asks Lorenzo onesto accept The Prince as a “token of my devotion,” stating that his “long acquaintance” with political affairs and “continuous study of the ancient world ” inform his writing. (more…)
