Sovereign. Machiavelli N.

The most famous work of Niccolo Machiavelli was the treatise "Sovereign". It was this work in 1559 that the Catholic Church included the listed books, for Machiavelli created the doctrine of a consistently secular state free from church morality. He believed that in the struggle for the consolidation of the state any means are acceptable: violence, deception, betrayal. In his treatise, Machiavelli teaches not only how to rule the state, but also how to gain other countries, to rule the army and maintain troops.

The book also includes another work of the Italian philosopher “On Military Art”, In which the idea of ​​universal military service for the first time sounds.