
HoP 349 - No More Mr Nice Guy - Machiavelli
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Mister nisky machiavelli is the patron saint of political realism. His most famous work entitled the prince instructs its noble recipient on how best to exercise power. The advice it contains has won him a reputation for realism and cynicism. Amd, peter adamson: Machiavellian means some one happy to use wicked means to attain his or her ends.
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