The Prince (1532) (edit title/settings)

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“A thought full.”

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“A real eye opener when I first read it in H.S., maybe I've become too cynical. It wasn't quite the shocker twenty-five years later.”

• Rated 4 stars

“serve sempre...”

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“interesting. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“I find it difficult to rate a political debate. How can I say that it was excellent, and yet, how can I say that it was bad? I'm giving it five stars because I did like it, but not in the novel-sort-of-way. Interesting and short, a hand-book for a ruler on how to get and keep the power without any regard of what's best for the people. If you don't know much about Italian history and politics in the fifteenth and sixteenth century, you might find yourself confused by all the names, rulers and popes. ”

• Rated 3 stars

“Living in contemporary competitive environment, many of Machiavelli's dictum still stand true. This concise collection of essays may help us understand the rules by which most people navigate their way to power.”

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“Machiavelli presents readers with a cold, calculating, and ultimately frightening view of how to acquire and maintain power. He cuts apart all morality, and does his best to present a world of political prowess without ethics. Chilling.”

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“Was Machiavelli a Machiavellian? He probably wasn't, not like the Borgias at least. However, he was a highly incisive political commentator, maybe the Tom Friedman of his time, and his prognoses and insights about the non-democratic ways governing is relevant for all eras, especially while remembering this is the still preferred management method in the business world.”

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“Machiavelli's classic tome which I picked up recently when in his home city of Florence in Italy. This version which was an updated English translation certainly provides an understanding on Machiavelli's observations and views on how The Prince (read rulers, leaders, CEO's, Prime Ministers etc) should conduct themselves to gain and hold power. Was enthralled by the book and just as relevant 500 years after it was written. Machiavelli has probably been much maligned for providing astute observations on leadership. PB”

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“In many ways an interesting book, but most of all may be especially interesting in terms of "de-bugging" the notion of what is machiavellian and what is not. Considering the context in which he wrote book, and the audience he wrote it for, Machiavelli offers lots of insight”