The Prince: Expanded and Annotated Version
- ISBN-10
- 1520749511
- ISBN-13
- 9781520749518
- Series
- The Prince
- Pages
- 141
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-03-03
- Author
- Niccolò Machiavelli
Description
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise, by the Italian diplomat and political theorist, Niccol� Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death.The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of 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.Although it is relatively short, the treatise is the most remembered of Machiavelli's works and the one most responsible for bringing the word "Machiavellian" into usage as a pejorative. It even contributed to the modern negative connotations of the words "politics" and "politician" in western countries.Some quotes include these: "Returning to the question of being feared or loved, I come to the conclusion that, men loving according to their own will and fearing according to that of the prince, a wise prince should establish himself on that which is in his own control and not in that of others; he must endeavour only to avoid hatred, as is noted."
