The Prince - Machiavelli

In The Prince, Machiavelli relies on the understanding and manipulation of human and popular feelings to expose the art of the conquest and the retention of power. One often retains of Machiavelli's political philosophy only this aspect of absence of power. scruples, this idea that "the end justifies the means". But the author's real intention is to liberate and unify Italy. To a certain extent, all the cunning calculations suggested by Machiavelli are also aimed at preserving the people from uprisings that could lead them to famine and armed repression. As he wrote two months before his death, Machiavelli cherished the freedom of his homeland more than anything.