![]() The book gained notoriety due to claims that it teaches "evil recommendations to tyrants to help them maintain their power".The term Machiavellian is often associated with political deceit, deviousness, and realpolitik. He even encouraged it in some situations. Machiavelli described immoral behavior, such as dishonesty and the killing of innocents, as being normal and effective in politics. Machiavellianism is widely used as a negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described most famously in The Prince. He wrote his best-known work The Prince (Il Principe) in 1513, having been exiled from city affairs. He was secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. His personal correspondence is renowned by Italian scholars. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. ![]() For many years he was a senior official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. ![]() ![]() He has often been called the father of modern political science. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (, Italian: – 21 June 1527) was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period. ![]()
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