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The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

About 548 pages (164,305 words) in 22 products

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The Prince eBook
44,465 words, approx. 148 pages
The complete online text of The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.


Author Biography

Name: Niccolò Machiavelli
Birth Date: May 3, 1469
Death Date: May 22, 1527
Place of Birth: Florence, Italy
Place of Death: Florence, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: statesman, author

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Biography of Niccolò Machiavelli
2091 words, approx. 7 pages
Best known for his works The Prince and The Art of War, fifteenth-century Italian statesman Niccolò Machiavelli remains influential centuries after his death as the first writer to break with the tradition of Aristotle and disentangle the art of p...
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Biography of Niccolò Machiavelli
1807 words, approx. 6 pages
The Italian author and statesman Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) is best known for The Prince, in which he enunciated his political philosophy. Niccolò Machiavelli was born in Florence of an aristocratic, though by no means wealthy, family....


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Prince Summary
5,127 words, approx. 17 pages
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence on May 3, 1469, the year Lorenzo de’ Medici began to rule the city. Niccolo’s father was a notary/lawyer from a well-respected but not an overly wealthy family with...
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The Prince Summary
3,039 words, approx. 10 pages
The Prince by NiccolO Machiavelli Born in 1469, Niccolu Machiavelli entered public life for the first time in 1498. He proceeded to achieve the post of First Secretary of the Republic. He later became Head of Second Chancery, an official who was partly...
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The Prince Information
2,559 words, approx. 9 pages
<i>Il Principe</i> (<i>The Prince</i>) is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was written in 1513,<sup id="cite_ref-0"...


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The New York Observer
Can a Shlemiel Play The Prince of Providence?
5/1/2005: 909 words, approx. 3 pages
Even while on trial, Buddy Cianci, the now-incarcerated former mayor of Providence, R.I., was proud of his Tony Soprano–like charisma. "Be careful of the toe that you step on today, because it may be connected to an ass that you have to kiss tomorrow," a...
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Vibe.com
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4/22/2005: 851 words, approx. 3 pages
It was the first time RWD hit the UMF and all was a success. There were performances all day and many enjoyed the live magazine experience. Here's the low downÂ…It all kicked off around 1pm and the first punters were afraid to go onto the...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Leo Strauss
15,935 words, approx. 53 pages
In the following excerpt, Strauss carefully analyzes The Prince's structure and themes, discussing how the work relates to Machiavelli's other works, particularly Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius.
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Critical Essay by John Plamenatz
8,418 words, approx. 28 pages
In the essay below, Plamenatz examines Machiavelli's concept of virtue, put forth in The Prince and Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius. The critic argues that Machiavelli approaches a philosophical understanding of humankind, but he exalts heroic qualities at the expense of important human traits.
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Critical Essay by A. J. Parel
8,240 words, approx. 28 pages
In the essay below, Parel contends that the arguments which support Machiavelli's "new" ideas, are "based on premodern cosmology and anthropology"
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 89%
Machiavelli's : the Prince : Reading Log
2,262 words, approx. 8 pages
The following consists of a reading log as I read Machiavelli's "The Prince."
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Essay Grade: 96%
Machiavelli's "The Prince"
2,130 words, approx. 7 pages
This essay summarizes Machiavelli's main points in each chapter of "The Prince" that is followed by my opinion of agree or disagreeing with Machiavelli.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Analyzing Motifs of "The Prince"
1,505 words, approx. 5 pages
Discusses the political and social strategies used by Niccolo Machiavelli in his classic "The Prince." Analyzes how Machiavelli supports his ideas not through morality or ethics but rather through example. Explores the techniques he uses to bring the reader to his point of view.
 


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