The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli.
The Prince is arguably the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. At the time this was in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines on politics and ethics.
Although it is relatively short, the treatise is the most remembered of Machiavelli's works and responsible for bringing the word "Machiavellian" into usage as a pejorative.
The base assumption in the treatise is that the aims of a prince — such as glory and survival — justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.
The Collection
•The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli
•Discourses on Titus Livius by Nicolo Machiavelli
•Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
•Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
•On War by Carl Von Clausewitz
•The Book Of War by Sun Tzu & Wu Tzu
- Sun Tzu's Art of War
- Wu Tzu's Sayings
Audiobook
•The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli
The Prince is arguably the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. At the time this was in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines on politics and ethics.
Although it is relatively short, the treatise is the most remembered of Machiavelli's works and responsible for bringing the word "Machiavellian" into usage as a pejorative.
The base assumption in the treatise is that the aims of a prince — such as glory and survival — justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.
The Collection
•The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli
•Discourses on Titus Livius by Nicolo Machiavelli
•Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
•Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
•On War by Carl Von Clausewitz
•The Book Of War by Sun Tzu & Wu Tzu
- Sun Tzu's Art of War
- Wu Tzu's Sayings
Audiobook
•The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli
