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'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure to fail.'
Considered one of the first works of modern philosophy, Machiavelli's The Prince is an intense study on the nature of power and the course it should take when ruling a country and expresses the author's strong and unyielding ideals and beliefs on using force rather than law to achieve your aims.
Responsible for the widely-used phrase 'Machiavellian', with all of its negative connotations, his extreme treatise remains a classic text to this day.
| ISBN: | 9780007420070 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2011 |
| Author: | Niccolò Machiavelli |
| Publisher: | William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Collins Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Ethics and moral philosophy Social and political philosophy Political leaders and leadership Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship Political control and freedoms Political economy Political science and theory |