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If any book could be called legendary surely it is this one. Its authorItalian diplomat and philosopher NICCOL MACHIAVELLI 14691527 considered ithis greatest work. Indeed his thoughts on politics as laid out so famously inthis brief but profound work have become so synonymous with him that his namehas become an adjective Machiavellian. How is political power achieved? How isit maintained? Though Machiavelli states explicitly that he is not discussingRepublics here only Princedoms this coldly rational guidebook to takingcontrol and holding onto it contains such universal insights into human natureand the structure of human systems that his advice serves equally well inalmost any power structure. With applications in such diverse realms asbusiness the military even roleplaying games Machiavellis rules for rulingcontinue to be required reading for students of politics philosophy andethics. «
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