The Prince outlines Machiavelli's views on the importance of stability in a political state and the means with which a ruler can and should maintain such stability. It's a treatise on power - how to get it and how to keep it. As such, it has greatly influenced subsequent Western political thought, giving us the pejorative term "Machiavellian" to describe actions designed to garner power at whatever expense.

84 pages.

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