Anti-Makiavelli. Frederick the Great

King of Prussia Karl Friedrich II (1712–1786), which went down in history as Friedrich the Great, was the king of Prussia from 1740 to the end of his days. The people of this outstanding representative of the Hohenzollern dynasty were nicknamed the old Fritz. In this nickname, the German sympathy to his king and his state wisdom were combined.

one of the most brilliant works of Friedrich the Great-the political treatise "Anti-Makiavelli", written in 1739–1740, when the king It was only 28 years old. In it, he polemicizes with Niccolo Machiavelli and his famous book “Sovereign”. The treatise has become one of the most readable works in enlightened Europe, which said that the main goal of the monarch is to maintain the well -being and prosperity of his subjects. He did not lose his relevance to this day, on the contrary, he became extremely in demand as the only true path of government of the state.

The publication also included the work of Friedrich the Great “The Instruction of Military Art to His Generals” - Labor, Labor, dedicated to the tactics and strategies of warfare.