![]() The book is organized into several sections, each one giving direction on the ruthless rule of principalities that Machiavelli based on both reading and personal experience. The discussion of its morality that continues to this day gives us the modern-day word Machiavellian. Written in vernacular Italian instead of Latin, dedicated to a member of one of the most powerful Italian families of the day, and only printed after Machiavelliâs death, this treatise on how to tyrannize effectively was considered shocking even by his contemporaries. The Prince is a book that was controversial before it had even been sent to the printer. Part of the Encyclopædia Britannicaâs Great Books of the Western World ![]() Standard Ebooksģ5,019 words (2 hours 8 minutes) with a reading ease of 39.54 (difficult) Marriott - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. ![]()
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