Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince

Please join us for a discussion and read through of Niccolò Machiavelli's 1513 political treatise The Prince. Please read the whole book for this Meetup.

The Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes. Many commentators have viewed that one of the main themes of The Prince is that immoral acts are sometimes necessary to achieve political glory.

Online Text Link:
https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1232/pg1232-images.html

Amazon Purchase Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199535698