Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli was a political philosopher from Florence Italy. He lived
during the Italian Renaissance from May 1469 to 1527. This period in time that
Machiavelli lived was the "rebirth" of art in Italy and rediscovery of ancient
philosophy, literature and science. During this time in the Renaissance, Italy
was also involved in intense political conflict with dominant city-states of Florence,
Milan, Venice, Naples, the Papacy, France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire.
Machiavelli was a man who lived his life for politics and patriotism. He created
many works such as The Prince, History of Florence, Art of War and Discourses on
the First Ten Books of Livy. Machiavelli is most famous for his political treatise,
The Prince which was written in 1513. After the writing of The Prince was exposed
to the public Machiavelli quickly grew a bad reputation, and was associated with
corruption and totalitarian......
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