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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli] - (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) Florentine political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright. Machiavelli was also a key figure in realist political theory, crucial to European statecraft Renaissance and early Protestant Reformation, which shaped the behavior of nations to one another up through World War II. Machiavelli was one of the first people to study objectively--with what we might now call a scientific attitude--politics and government as they are actually practiced.
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* '''Niccolo Machiavelli:'''  (1469 – 1527) Florentine political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. Through his book The Prince, Machiavelli was a key figure in realist political theory, crucial to European statecraft. Machiavelli was one of the first people to study objectively--with what we might now call a scientific attitude--politics and government as they are actually practiced.
  
* Author of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince The Prince]
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* '''macchie''' (''Italian''): spots, stains
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* '''vuole''' (''Italian'') wants, wishes
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** '''ma che vuole!''' (''Italian''): what do you expect!
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* ''manchevole''  (''Italian''): inadequate, insufficient

Latest revision as of 06:33, 18 June 2016

  • Niccolo Machiavelli: (1469 – 1527) Florentine political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. Through his book The Prince, Machiavelli was a key figure in realist political theory, crucial to European statecraft. Machiavelli was one of the first people to study objectively--with what we might now call a scientific attitude--politics and government as they are actually practiced.
  • macchie (Italian): spots, stains
  • vuole (Italian) wants, wishes
    • ma che vuole! (Italian): what do you expect!
  • manchevole (Italian): inadequate, insufficient