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The Political Philosophy of Machiavelli | History Today

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Machiavelli has always had a bad name. To be “Machiavellian” is to be totally unscrupulous in cunning. “Machiavelli” is one of the stock villains of European drama, sometimes virtually synonymous with Satan. Old Nick is, indeed, Old Niccolo—Niccolo Machiavelli, born 1469, died 1527, Secretary of State and diplomatist under the Florentine Government, author among other things of the Discourses on Livy, a History of Florence, and that short notorious essay The Prince...

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