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Niccolò Machiavelli

1469 - 1527

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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine 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. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science. For many years he served as a senior official in the Florentine Republic with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niccolò Machiavelli is the 13th most popular philosopher (down from 11th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Italy and the most popular Italian Philosopher.

Niccolò Machiavelli is most famous for his book The Prince, which is a guide for rulers on how to maintain power.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Niccolò Machiavelli ranks 13 out of 1,267. Before him are Immanuel Kant, René Descartes, Avicenna, Laozi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Baruch Spinoza. After him are Augustine of Hippo, Francis Bacon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thales of Miletus, Heraclitus, and Thomas Aquinas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Niccolò Machiavelli ranks 1. After him are Guru Nanak, Manuel I of Portugal, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Thomas Cajetan, Ishak Pasha, John Fisher, Rodrigo de Triana, Francesco Granacci, Elia Levita, and Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1527, Niccolò Machiavelli ranks 1. After him are Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Diego Columbus, Juan de Grijalva, Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Johann Froben, Felix Manz, and Catherine of York.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Machiavelli ranks 12 out of 5,161. Before him are Michelangelo (1475), Archimedes (-287), Dante Alighieri (1265), Augustus (-63), Antonio Vivaldi (1678), and Raphael (1483). After him are Pope John Paul I (1912), Commodus (161), Fibonacci (1170), Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Thomas Aquinas (1225), and Giordano Bruno (1548).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Niccolò Machiavelli ranks 1. After him are Thomas Aquinas (1225), Maria Montessori (1870), Parmenides (-501), Lucretius (-94), Empedocles (-490), Zeno of Elea (-490), Antonio Gramsci (1891), Pliny the Elder (23), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), and Bonaventure (1221).

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