... conspiracy. After the demise of the republic, he was arrested, tortured, and eventually forced into retirement. Banished to his country estate, Machiavelli collected his frustrations, and penned The Prince, The Art of War and other significant works. (Jensen, 1960, 21) The Prince was dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici, a powerful noble whose family was responsible for the "fruition of Florence's commercial, artistic ... is his progressive views of the separation of politics from religion and his dispute over the Church's influence on non-secular matters. Politics, Machiavelli believed, can ...

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