Question

Who was Niccolo Machiavelli and what did he believe Italy’s princes needed to be able to do?

Answer 1

Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, philosopher and writer. He lived during the Renaissance period. He is often called the "father" of modern political science. He served as an official in the Florentine Republic for many years.

His most famous work is titled "The Prince" and was wrote in 1513. Here, Machiavelli describes dishonesty, immoral behavior and the killing of innocent people as being effective tools in politics and encourages the reader to act under these principles whenever it is needed.

Answer 2

Nicolás Machiavelli was a diplomat, civil servant, political philosopher and Italian writer, considered father of modern Political Science. He was also a relevant figure of the Italian Renaissance. His thinking translates the philosophical tradition of ancient political thought in which political practice is overshadowed by the idealization of governments and utopian cities.

Machiavelli states that the actual exercise of politics involves real situations with real men and peoples, whose behavior, decisions and actions, usually do not necessarily respond to morality but to the laws of power