... the greatest works on politics ever written: The Prince. When he wrote The Prince, Machiavelli had many things in mind - to gain a political position in the Florentine government of Lorenzo de"Medici, whom the book was dedicated to, to foster support for the idea of a unified Italian state under one Prince, and to write a guide to effective ruling by a Prince that ... would be the definitive work on the subject. It would be presumptuous to assume that Machiavelli's dedication to Lorenzo de"Medici meant that the book's sole intention was to be a gift that would gain him a much desired po...

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... . 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, and political resources- (Ruffo-Fiore 1982, 3). Soon however, factions, foreign intervention, and the extravagance and opulence ... ...

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