Project Gutenberg 2014-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 121 Machiavelli, Niccolò 1469 1527 Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli, Nicolo Kallio, O. A. (Oskar Albin) 1874 1940 Kallio, Oskar Albin Il Principe. Finnish Ruhtinas Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince Wikipedia page about this book: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhtinas_(kirja) Produced by Tapio Riikonen "Ruhtinas" by Niccolò Machiavelli is a political treatise written in the early 16th century. This significant work explores the nature of political power and the qualities that define successful leadership, aimed particularly at rulers navigating the turbulent political landscape of Renaissance Italy. In it, Machiavelli outlines various types of principalities and offers pragmatic advice to aspiring leaders on governance, statecraft, and the exercise of power. The opening portion of "Ruhtinas" sets the stage for Machiavelli's analysis by discussing the historical context of power dynamics in Italy and the challenges faced by rulers. It introduces Machiavelli’s assertion that all states can be categorized as either republics or principalities, which can be either hereditary or new. As he examines the different challenges associated with acquiring and maintaining power, Machiavelli emphasizes the importance of a ruler's skills and the necessity for sometimes ruthless strategies to secure authority, drawing examples from history, such as the cases of Alexander the Great and experiences within the Italian city-states. He establishes a critical perspective on the moral implications of political actions, which would become the hallmark of his later discussions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 24.7 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. fi State, The -- Early works to 1800 Political science -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800 Political ethics -- Early works to 1800 JC Text Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 265209 2025-07-18T11:20:55.786320 text/html 265020 264959 2024-10-19T06:43:35.861877 2023-09-19T17:34:29.100054 text/html text/html 156841 2025-07-18T11:21:00.430270 application/epub+zip 159831 2025-07-18T11:20:57.387289 application/epub+zip 159830 2025-07-18T11:20:56.358273 application/epub+zip 265218 2025-07-18T11:21:02.818274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252280 2025-07-18T11:20:59.835269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230227 2022-09-20T18:10:38.031590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248420 2025-07-18T11:20:55.504305 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 228781 2024-10-24T06:07:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19411 2025-07-18T11:21:02.948220 application/rdf+xml 9349 2025-07-18T11:20:56.853263 image/jpeg 2595 2025-07-18T11:20:56.604266 image/jpeg 154067 2025-07-18T11:20:55.808308 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia it.wikipedia fi.wikipedia