That man’s name is Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) and his book is “The Prince.” Any student of philosophy or political science would (or should) have read, or at least recognize this book.

British philosopher and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell once called The Prince a handbook for gangsters. The book, a slender political treatise by the Italian Niccolo Machiavelli, was offered to ...

On May 3, 1469, the Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli is born. A lifelong patriot and diehard proponent of a ...