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1513 · 作者：尼科洛·马基雅维利

如何获得并保持权力——是狐狸与狮子，而不是西塞罗式的德性。

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简介

Machiavelli wrote the short Italian treatise in 1513, after losing his office, at his farm outside Florence; in a letter to Francesco Vettori of 10 December 1513 he describes working on a book “De principatibus”. He dedicated it to Lorenzo de’ Medici. Its 26 chapters deal with kinds of principalities, with armies, where he rejects mercenaries, and with the conduct of the ruler – including whether it is better to be loved or feared (chapter 17) and Cesare Borgia as an example. The last chapter calls for the liberation of Italy from foreign powers. Printed only in 1532, five years after his death, the book was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books in 1559.