![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pope Clement VII immediately blacklists it as being written by the hand of Satan. Machiavelli has already died (in 1527), but The Prince is only just being printed. It ends with Machiavelli asking Lorenzo to unify the country under his rule so that Italy would be peaceful and Machiavelli could become political advisor to the brand-new king of Italy.įast-forward twenty years. The Prince was a way over one-page resume in Italian that showcased Machiavelli's political skills to Lorenzo by giving him the secret sauce recipe for being a good ruler. When Machiavelli started writing the book in 1513, he had just been kicked out of his dream job as a Florentine diplomat, arrested, tortured, and was bored out of his mind in exile in the country. The Prince began its life as a humble little present from Niccolò Machiavelli to Lorenzo de' Medici. You thought that reading The Prince would turn you into an evil mastermind, didn't you? Well calm down a bit before you start buying a white cat to stroke and a pool full of laser sharks from eBay. ![]()
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