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AUTHORS: Niccolo Machiavelli |
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Niccolo Machiavelli was born in
1469, in Florence, Italy. Machiavelli began as a
politician in life. His ultimate goal was to unite
Italy. However, Machiavelli was dismissed from office
when the Medici overthrew the Republic. After this,
he began writing about politics instead of being in
them. One of these works was The Prince, which
was an attempt to regain his position in politics.
However, The Prince was not in agreement with
the Medici. It also outraged the public . This gave
him a bad reputation that he was not able to live
down during his life nor after his death. When the
Republic was restored to Italy he ran for office
again, but was not elected due to his reputation from
The Prince. After this his health began to
fail him, and he died in 1527.
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