Niccolò Machiavelli

A Royal Pain: Machiavelli’s Evil Prince Is Finally Revealed!

He was a brutal and deceitful ruler who believed that the ends justified the means; in other words, that in…

4 months ago

A Prince Among Friends: Philip Bobbitt on Niccolò Machiavelli’s “Strikingly Original” Mind

Italian statesman, historian, philosopher, and writer of the Renaissance era, Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) is considered to be the founder of modern political…

6 years ago

Niccolò Machiavelli

Though his own political aspirations never quite took off, the writings of the Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) established him…

552 years ago