The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli · Renaissance · Political philosophy
Renaissance · Political philosophy
Discourses on Livy
by Niccolò Machiavelli. Machiavelli uses Roman history to examine liberty, civic virtue, corruption, and durable republican government.
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- Date
- c. 1517
- Origin
- Italy
- Era
- Renaissance
- Genre
- Political philosophy
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
Machiavelli uses Roman history to examine liberty, civic virtue, corruption, and durable republican government.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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