by Niccolò Machiavelli · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806138516
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«Il Principe» is Niccolò Machiavelli's treatise on political theory, published by Einaudi in paperback (188 pages, in Italian).
Written in 1513, the treatise analyses how to conquer and hold power through cunning and force. Machiavelli reflects on the qualities of the prince, the role of fortune and the need for stable government. The work was published posthumously in 1532, when its author was living in retirement in San Casciano after falling out of favour with the Medici.
New edition edited by Giorgio Inglese, who established the text after collating the manuscript tradition. Einaudi Tascabili series, 1995 edition.
For readers of political philosophy, history and Italian literature, also as a first approach to the classics of Western thought.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince, written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.
