The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
4/5
Penguin Classics 144 pages January 30, 2003
Machiavelli's infamous treatise on political power, written in 1513 as advice to Lorenzo de' Medici. Arguing that a ruler must be willing to act immorally when necessary, it shocked its contemporaries and has influenced political thinking ever since. Short, sharp, and ruthlessly pragmatic.
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Jim's Review
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This tiny book has been scandalizing people for 500 years, and it's still incredibly relevant. Machiavelli basically wrote the playbook for power — "it is better to be feared than loved" and all that. Jim found it surprisingly readable and disturbingly insightful. You'll see its ideas everywhere once you know to look for them: politics, business, even office dynamics. Four worms — the original power move.
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