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Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a quintessential Renaissance man. Interested in music, poetry and theatre, he was above all a diplomat and a historian. He is most famous for his political treatise The Prince, which has become a cornerstone of modern political philosophy.
Castruccio Castracani is a short book that tells a larger story... it will show that greatness, as Machiavelli defined it five centuries ago, is made, not born. -- Richard Overy Machiavelli was a pioneer of political science. He was a republican and a patriot. His prose style was as clear as Julius Caesar's. He was a literary genius. * The Times * Machiavelli is a pivotal figure in the history of political thought. His views of human nature, society and government mark a break with medieval philosophy and sixteenth-century political thought based on assumptions about God's purposes for man. * New Statesman * We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. * Francis Bacon *
