Is He Misunderstood by History

Machiavelli is best known for writing ‘The Prince’ which is viewed as a guidebook for a despotic leader. However he also wrote a three volume ‘Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy’ in which he discusses the works by the Roman historian Livy which describe the early history of Rome. In this work Machiavelli discloses that he thinks that the best form of government is a Republic and the the best example was the old Roman Republic before it was replaced by the Emperors.

(The Great Courses – Machiavelli in Context)

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