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- Abandoning the Christian view of history as guided by God, Machiavelli viewed events in purely human terms. Often it is fortune that gives—or takes away—the political leader's opportunity for significant (important and meaningful) action. Like others in the Renaissance, Machiavelli believed that man had the ability to control his own fate.
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And Machiavelli calls the syncretic Platonist Pico della Mirandola “a man almost divine [uomo quasi che divino]” (FH 8.36). Some scholars believe that Machiavelli critiques both Plato and Renaissance Platonism in such passages.
May 17, 2018 · The most important contrivance at man’s command for containing and canalizing man’s egoistic nature toward socially desirable ends is, according to Machiavelli, the state. By means of the state man can create the conditions for security and well-being.
Jan 4, 2022 · by World History Edu · January 4, 2022. Niccolò Machiavelli was an early 16th-century statesman who wrote many works on political philosophy, military philosophy, drama, comedy, and history. His political essay The Prince is what allowed him etch his name into history as one of the greatest thinkers of all time.
Classical realism, virtù, multitude, national interest. Signature. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli [a] (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine [4] [5] diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince ( Il Principe ), written around 1513 but ...
- 21 June 1527 (aged 58), Florence, Republic of Florence
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Niccolò Machiavelli. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, the third child and first son of the lawyer Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli and his wife, Bartolomea di Stefano Nelli was born in Florence, Italy, on 3rd May, 1469. At a young age he became a pupil of a renowned Latin teacher, Paolo da Ronciglione. (1)
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli ( / ˌmækiəˈvɛli /, Italian: [nikkoˈlɔ mmakjaˈvɛlli]; 3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period. [2] [3] [4] He has often been called the father of modern political science. [5]