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In the 20th century there was also renewed interest in Machiavelli's play La Mandragola (1518), which received numerous stagings, including several in New York, at the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1976 and the Riverside Shakespeare Company in 1979, as a musical comedy by Peer Raben in Munich's Anti Theatre in 1971, and at London's National ...
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes.
Machiavellianism (or Machiavellism) is widely defined as the political philosophy of the Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, usually associated with realism in foreign and domestic politics, and with the view that those who lead governments must prioritize the stability of the regime over ethical concerns.
Skinner contextualizes Machiavelli, bringing to light the intellectual discussions that preceded and influenced his work. Strauss, Leo (1978) [1958], Thoughts on Machiavelli, Chicago: University of Chicago, ISBN 978-0-226-77702-3.
Plato suggests that knowledge of breeding and the Platonic Number can prevent racial degeneration, but lacking a purely rational method, it will eventually occur. The basis of Plato's historicist sociology is racial degeneration, which "explains the origin of disunion in the ruling class, and with it, the origin of all historical development".
Frederick the Great (1712–1786), king of Prussia and a widely read political philosopher, [42] and author of Anti-Machiavel, a rebuttal of Machiavelli's The Prince. Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Founding Father and President of the United States, author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and founder of the University of Virginia. [43]
The Renaissance also saw a renewed interest in Platonic thought, including more interest in Plato himself. [9] In 16th-, 17th-, and 19th-century England , Plato's ideas influenced many religious thinkers including the Cambridge Platonists . [ 9 ]
The Reason of State (Italian: Della Ragion di Stato) is a work of political philosophy by Italian Jesuit Giovanni Botero published in 1589. The book first popularised the term "reason of state", [1] [2] which refers to the right of rulers to act in ways that go against the dictates of both natural and positive law, with the overriding aim of acquiring, preserving, and augmenting the dominion ...