A prince must acquire the nature of both; if he possesses the qualities of one without the other, he will be lost,” early-Renaissance thinker Niccolò Machiavelli counseled half a millennium ago.

This would have surprised Aristotle, the ancient inventor of the field, and Machiavelli, its modern reinventor. Both believed politics were a means to the end Aristotle called a telos ...

But Carney would've done well to note Machiavelli’s most important points: ensure you're not despised and pick the right team You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in ...

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), a political thinker from Renaissance Italy, is best known for his no-nonsense, often harsh approach to power and governance. In his famous book, ‘The Prince ...

“Whoever becomes the master of a city accustomed to freedom, and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed himself; because, when there is a rebellion, such a city justifies itself by ...

The Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli has become synonymous with subtle scheming. And now, an extremely rare first edition of his most famous work, the political manual “The ...

NICCOLO Machiavelli's "The Prince" is every politician's handbook. Published five years after he died in 1527, the book is timeless and remains a handy pragmatic guide for rulers who need to stay in ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Imagine, for a moment, if both Niccolò Machiavelli—the cunning political strategist of the Renaissance—and Henry Kissinger—the astute ...

As he hurries through the narrow streets of Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli muses anxiously that “slander can dig a grave for an honest man.” In Franco Bernini’s novel “The Throne,” the ...

A review of Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth by Harvey C. Mansfield. When, twenty-eight years ago on the eve of his sixty-fifth birthday, Mansfield ushered into print a collection of the essays he had ...

That sort of activity has been called “Machiavellian,” after Renaissance writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who lived from 1469 to 1527. He wrote a notorious little treatise called “The Prince ...