Difference between revisions of "Macchevuole"
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| − | * '''Niccolo Machiavelli:''' (1469 – 1527) Florentine political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. Through his book The | + | * '''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. |
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* '''macchie''' (''Italian''): spots, stains | * '''macchie''' (''Italian''): spots, stains | ||
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* '''vuole''' (''Italian'') wants, wishes | * '''vuole''' (''Italian'') wants, wishes | ||
| − | ** '''ma che vuole!''' (''Italian''): what | + | |
| + | ** '''ma che vuole!''' (''Italian''): what do you expect! | ||
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* ''manchevole'' (''Italian''): inadequate, insufficient | * ''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
