Machiavelli+and+The+Prince

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[[image:Quill_and_ink.png]]Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Nicolo Machiavelli is known as "the father of modern political science"

[|Biography from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]

[|In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli], //New York Times//, December 4, 2014

A philosopher and ambassador during the Renaissance, Machiavelli is most famous for his political essay, // The Prince //.

In // The Prince //, Machiavelli writes that "a state should be unified, orderly, and in balance; that people should be happy, honorable, secure, and strong; that rulers should do whatever they needed to enforce order."

Complete Text of //[|The Prince] (1513)//

[|Excerpts from The Prince]from Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham University

[|Concerning The Way In Which Princes Should Keep Faith” and “Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality By Wickedness]


 * Machiavellian**: being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's //The Prince//, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority and carry out the policies of a ruler is described.

Click here for a video on Machiavelli The Prince.

Click here to watch a TED Talk video on Machiavelli.

[|Machiavelli on Modern Leadership] from PBS Video

**[[image:Screen Shot 2016-10-28 at 12.13.15 PM.png width="64" height="58"]]Lesson Plans**
[|The Prince and Why Machiavelli Still Matters]from //New York Times// Learning Blog

Machiavelli's The Prince is an older, but still useful lesson plan focusing on how students understand leadership and leadership skills