Sovereign. Machiavelli N.

Niccolo Machiavelli - an outstanding thinker, philosopher and writer of the Renaissance, founder of political science. In his writings, he proclaimed the state with the top of the development of civilization and claimed that for his prosperity, the ruler could use almost any means.

Machiavelli describes the ideal ruler, the properties of his character, the methods of state control necessary to retain and prosper his power. His name named the principle of government based on gross power and the absence of moral standards - Machiavellism.

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