Getty Images Home to the powerful Machiavelli family in the late 1400s, this villa is where political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli penned Il Principe, a guide for new royals, in 1513.

The most famous work by Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli is up for auction ... The Prince, written in 1513 by the 16th-century philosopher and author, represents Machievelli ...

the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau understood this. In “The Social Contract” he observed that Machiavelli, “under the pretense of instructing kings … has taught important ...

This new edition of the acclaimed translation of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince - revised for the first time after thirty years - includes a rewritten and extended introduction by Quentin Skinner.

Unquestionably President-elect Donald J. Trump’s prior presidency was marked by a blend of calculated unpredictability and controversial decision-making, which elucidated an embrace of what is known ...