Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
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Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat and political theorist from the Renaissance who lived from 1469 to 1527. His ideas about power and government, particularly his argument that rulers should do whatever is necessary to maintain control, have profoundly influenced how people think about politics and leadership for nearly 500 years.
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- 1469-05-03
- Died
- 1527-06-22
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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Italian: [nikkoˈlɔ makjaˈvɛlli]; 3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. <a href="https://www.
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- “In judging policies we should consider the results that have been achieved through them rather than the means by which they have been executed.”
- “Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.”
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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince (Il Principe), written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.
For many years he served as a senior official in the Florentine Republic with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He worked as secretary to the second chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. He would be expelled from his duties as a diplomat when the Medici retook power in Florence in 1512, and not soon thereafter would be mistakenly suspected of treason, and sent into exile. A year later, he would take up the life of a political writer.
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