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Political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli

This article is about the book by Niccolò Machiavelli. For other uses, see Prince (disambiguation).

The Prince (Italian: Il Principe[ilˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and political theoristNiccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes.

The Prince shocked many readers by assuming that immoral acts are justifiable if they achieve political glory.^[1]

From Machiavelli's correspondence, a version was apparently being written in , using a Latin title, De Principatibus (Of Principalities).^[2] However, the printed version was not published until , five years after Machiavelli's death.

This was carried out with the permission of the Medici pope Clement VII, but "long before then, in fact since the first appearance of The Prince in manuscript, controversy had swirled abou