Il Principe, grazie alla lungimiranza del suo autore, è il trattato politico per eccellenza: un libro che anticipa il cambiamento invece di rincorrerlo, e che, intercettando gli umori della popolazione, presagisce la naturale conclusione di tutte le lotte che animano il Quattrocento italiano: l'unità d'Italia. Scritto nel 1513, a cinquecento anni di distanza si conferma un testo fondamentale per quanti intendano approfondire non solo la scienza politica, ma riscoprire i grandi classici della letteratura italiana e i frutti imperituri dei maggiori geni rinascimentali, per capire quanto quell'epoca abbia segnato la società nella quale viviamo ancora oggi. Attualizzato grazie alla magistrale trasposizione dall'italiano antico di Paola Giovetti, raffinata esperta linguistica di numerosi classici del pensiero spirituale e non, il capolavoro per eccellenza della dottrina politica italiana viene qui proposto nella vivida interpretazione di Enzo Decaro, così da consentire la piena scoperta dei livelli contenutistici e testuali che rendono, ancora oggi, Il Principe una delle pietre miliari della nostra letteratura. Ambientazioni sonore di Riccardo Cimino.
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Niccolò Machiavelli, considered one of the great early political analysts, is a historical figure in the turning point from the Middle Ages to the Modern World. He was born in Florence, Italy, on May 3, 1469. He was the second son of Bernardo di Niccolo Machiavelli, a lawyer of some repute, and of Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli. Both parents were members of the old Florentine nobility.
When his literary fame grew, he returned to Florence in 1520, where he became involved in the attempt to reform the city’s constitution. This was the height of Machiavelli’s literary activity and increasing influence. He died within a few weeks of the second expulsion of the Medici in 1527, at the age of 58.
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