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In the 1960s, Christie and his colleagues would then develop a test using a selection of statements, including truncated and edited sentences that they viewed were similar to the general writing style found in Machiavelli's works such as The Prince and The Discourses on Livy as test items, naming the construct "Machiavellianism" after him.
Pages in category "Works by Niccolò Machiavelli" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... This page was last edited on 12 February 2019, at ...
After his exile from political life in 1512, Machiavelli took to a life of writing, which led to the publishing of his most famous work, The Prince.The book would become infamous for its recommendations for absolute rulers to be ready to act in unscrupulous ways, such as resorting to fraud and treachery, elimination of political opponents, and the use of fear as a means of controlling subjects ...
It is a larger work than The Prince, and while it more openly explains the advantages of republics, it also contains many similar themes from his other works. [59] For example, Machiavelli has noted that to save a republic from corruption, it is necessary to return it to a "kingly state" using violent means. [60]
Works by Niccolò Machiavelli (2 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Niccolò Machiavelli" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
[17] Machiavelli believes that "From his example all those who are discontented with a prince have to learn: they should first measure and first weigh their forces, and if they are so powerful that they can expose themselves as his enemies and make war on him openly, they should enter on this way, as less dangerous and more honorable. But if ...
Machiavelli, after all, lived at a similar inflection point in history. Florence, one of the great Renaissance republics, was being transformed into a monarchy even at the moment he was writing.
The Art of War is divided into a preface (proemio) and seven books (chapters), which take the form of a series of dialogues that take place in the Orti Oricellari, the gardens built in a classical style by Bernardo Rucellai in the 1490s for Florentine aristocrats and humanists to engage in discussion, between Cosimo Rucellai and "Lord Fabrizio Colonna" (many feel Colonna is a veiled disguise ...