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The Prince Deluxe Author Company: Bantam Category:
The Prince Deluxe 2 stars (Finally on CD, but needed a better reader ... File Size: 4.95 kB OS: Windows 98 / NT / 2000 / ME / XP / VISTA License: Digital - Time Limit, free to try, 4.95 to buy. Software Developed by Bantam Download now (4.95 kB) Click to buy via Regnow (4.95$) Description : The Prince - 2 stars (Finally on CD, but needed a better When Lorenzo de' Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he summarily fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria and set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. The person who held the aforementioned office with the tongue-twisting title was none other than Niccolò Machiavelli, who, suddenly finding himself out of a job after 14 years of patriotic service, followed the career trajectory of many modern politicians into punditry. Unable to become an on-air political analyst for a television network, he only wrote a book. But what a book The Prince is. Its essential contribution to modern political thought lies in Machiavelli's assertion of the then revolutionary idea that theological and moral imperatives have no place in the political arena. "It must be understood," Machiavelli avers, "that a prince ... cannot observe all of those virtues for which men are reputed good, because it is often necessary to act against mercy, against faith, against humanity, against frankness, against religion, in order to preserve the state." With just a little imagination, readers can discern parallels between a 16th-century principality and a 20th-century presidency. --Tim Hogan This is the Digital version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "Buy Now" button below for around $4.95 USD. Click to buy from Regnow      |