The prince

Even before the nearly five hundred years, the prince for centuries as a manual for effective acquisition and consolidation of political power was well-deserved Florentine officials and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli Posthumous recognition as the father of modern politics.

In The Prince, Machiavelli's most famous treatise on the political strategy, justifies closing means in the quest for political stability in the principality. He is remembered for the infamous quotes such as: "It would be best to be both loved and feared. But because the two rarely meet, no one is forced to choose a more secure in the quest to fear than loved, to be." And "a man who seeking goodness in all his actions are determined to destroy, because there are so many men who are not good "and that in politics it is not important to be religious than what is important is the public seems to be religious.

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) was an Italian official in the Republic of Florence, Italy. He was also a political philosopher, diplomat and author who is still considered one of the founders of modern political science. The prince is his most famous works, which he composed in 1513 but first published in 1532 - five years after his death. It was published, the Prince of both fear and loathing of generations of politicians, mainly triggered by his cynical attitude to power. Machiavelli's work became increasingly popular in the 19th and 20. Century, especially for their practical and intellectual applications to political science. His scientific approach to statecraft, Machiavelli, some researchers label "the first modern man held '.

Historians have been quick to defend Machiavelli's writings, which they had always taken in context - as a state near anarchy then reigned in Florence, and therefore proposed to fit the social rehabilitation of Machiavelli disease in question, in accordance with the political zeitgeist. But today's politicians - despite the relative peace - are quick to borrow words of wisdom of Machiavelli, who, through their contacts with the lambs showed voters.

When reading this book you will probably never see their politicians in the same way again. But on the other hand, if you have a nagging desire to get into politics, or if they succeed in office politics, albeit with opportunistic machinations "Art Machiavelli" - just book for you.