The Life and Times of Machiavelli with Alexander Lee
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Is the Prince the First Work of Political Philosophy?
It's considered basically the first work of political philosophy. It is distinguished by a brutal, uncompromising realism. Was it as popular in its day, considering that machiavelli wrote it sort of to get a job? He was not interestedin virtue in the sense of nban being good. He's interested in the sene in virtue in thesense of rear i tough man.
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