The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli
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The Prince

Narrator: Shelly Frasier

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/21/2008

Category: History

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The Prince has long been both praised and reviled for its message of moral relativism and political expediency. Although a large part is devoted to the mechanics of gaining and staying in power, Machiavelli's end purpose is to maintain a just and stable government. He is not ambiguous in stating his belief that committing a small cruelty to avert a larger is not only justifiable but required of a just ruler. Machiavelli gives a vivid portrayal of his world in the chaos and tumult of early-sixteenth-century Florence, Italy, and Europe. He uses both his contemporary political situation and that of the classical period to illustrate his precepts of statecraft.

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