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[3] [4] There was also a combined edition, with Voltaire's emendations as footnotes. [citation needed] Frederick sent Francesco Algarotti to London to take care of the publication of Anti-Machiavel in English. In the meantime, Frederick had become king, and his authorship — which was a very open secret — made the book an instant success and ...
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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.
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1. Wall Street (1987) “Wall Street” may seem like an obvious choice when it comes to movies about the stock market. More than 35 years after its release, it still gives viewers something to ...
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