The Prince was written around 1514 and published in 1532 (as Il Principe) five years after the death of its author, Niccolò Machiavelli. Dedicated by Machiavelli to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the ruler (“prince”) of Florence and Duke of Urbino, it was meant to advise, instruct, and influence the minds of aspiring rulers as a practical “how-to” guide. Only later did The Prince become regarded as a groundbreaking and crucial treatise on political philosophy.

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