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Title: Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer
Caption: Colored artwork of Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527), an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. He was Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. He wrote his masterpiece, The Prince, after the Medici had recovered power and he no longer held a position of responsibility in Florence. Machiavellianism, is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described in The Prince. The book itself gained enormous notoriety and wide readership because the author seemed to be endorsing this evil
Credit: Album / Science Source
Image size: 2400 × 4509 px | 31.0 MB
Print size: 20.3 × 38.2 cm | 944.9 × 1775.2 in (300 dpi)