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'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure to fail.'
Considered one of the first works of modern philosophy, Machiavelli's The Prince is an intense study on the nature of power and the course it should take when ruling a country and expresses the author's strong and unyielding ideals and beliefs on using force rather than law to achieve your aims.
Responsible for the widely-used phrase 'Machiavellian', with all of its negative connotations, his extreme treatise remains a classic text to this day.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007420070
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 90 g
Dimensions: 178 x 111 x 10 mm
The beauty in this work is the seeming simplicity behind the logic that Nicollo argues with. Whilst the book is short the ponderings are heavy and some chapters very short indeed. I found that this is a book that you... More
An important, albeit controversial, work that still holds popular appeal today. The book's concern is an individual's rise to power; a formidable discourse, explaining that abandoning one's morals and... More
the prince is a brilliant book for dictators or sectarian governments. As most of the ideas focus on keeping princes in powe. But there are a lot more than preserving power especially in the era of modern time where... More
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