1469–1527 · Florence, Italy
Niccolò Machiavelli
“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
Their life
Florentine diplomat, historian, and political philosopher whose The Prince founded modern political realism — analyzing power as it is rather than as it ought to be. A devoted republican who served Florence, he wrote his most famous work in exile.
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