The Prince
The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, translated by W.K. Marriott, is published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and was released on September 7, 2016. This edition spans 140 pages and is presented in English. The book explores the political landscape of Renaissance Italy, focusing on the actions and strategies of Cesare Borgia, a prominent figure in Machiavelli’s analysis of power dynamics and statecraft.
Readers will find that Machiavelli examines the complexities of leadership and the nature of political authority through the lens of Borgia’s conduct. The text discusses the challenges faced by rulers who seek to maintain control over their territories, highlighting the precarious balance between fortune and personal agency. With its emphasis on political science and literary collections, this edition offers insights into the pragmatic approaches to governance that continue to resonate in contemporary discussions of power and ethics.
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Translated by W.K. Marriott. Show Excerpt r VI and his son, Cesare Borgia, the Duke Valentino, and these characters fill a large space of “The Prince.” Machiavelli never hesitates to cite the actions of the duke for the benefit of usurpers who wish to keep the states they have seized; he can, indeed, find no precepts to offer so good as the pattern of Cesare Borgia’s conduct, insomuch that Cesare is acclaimed by some critics as the “hero” of “The Prince.” Yet in “The Prince” the duke is in point of fact cited as a type of the man who rises on the fortune of others, and falls with them; who takes every course that might be expected from a prudent man but the course which will save him; who is prepared for all eventualities but the one which happens; and who, when all his abilities fail to carry him through, exclaims that it was not his fault, but an extraordinary and unforeseen fatality. On the death of Pius III, in 1503, Machiavelli was sent to Rome to watch the election of his successor, and there he saw Cesare Borgia cheated into allowing th
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