Staatsphilosophie machiavelli biography

Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)

For other uses, see Machiavelli (disambiguation) and Macchiavelli (surname).

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli^[a] (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine^[4][5] diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance.

He is best known for his political treatise The Prince (Il Principe), written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death.^[6] He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.^[7]

For many years he served as a senior official in the Florentine Republic with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs.

He wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is also important to historians and scholars of Italian correspondence.^[8] He worked as secretary to the second chancery of the Republ