Niccolo Machiavelli
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Niccolo Machiavelli. The Life. Devoted politician, historian, play writer, poet and military theorist. May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527 Married Marietta Corsini in 1501 5 children. Life continued. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Niccolo Machiavelli
The Life o Devoted politician, historian, play writer, poet and military theorist.
o May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527
oMarried Marietta Corsini in 1501
o 5 children
o Florence, Italy -Poverty -Traveled -Removed as Chancellor -Tortured by Medici’s -Banished 13 years to San Andrea
o Teacher and Aristotle
Life continued..
Works “It is better to be feared than
loved, if you cannot be both.”
o Written in 1521
o Describes methods of governing and principles. How to have power and rule people.
“People are by nature changeable. It is easy to persuade them about some particular matter, but it is hard to hold them to that persuasion. Hence it is necessary to provide that when they no longer believe, they can be forced to believe.”
Works continued..o Impacted people to rethink
government during Renaissance.
o Humanistic
o Aristotle’s views
o Influenced today's modern government
