Machiavellianism
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From the name of the Italian statesman and writer [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò ''Machiavelli'']] (1469-1527), whose work ''[[The Prince|The Prince]]'' (1532) advises that [[acquiring]] and [[exercising]] power may require [[unethical]] methods. | From the name of the Italian statesman and writer [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò ''Machiavelli'']] (1469-1527), whose work ''[[The Prince|The Prince]]'' (1532) advises that [[acquiring]] and [[exercising]] power may require [[unethical]] methods. | ||
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From the name of the Italian statesman and writer Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
- Attempting to achieve their goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods.
- Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.
- 2006, Mark Vernon, Philosophy and Life,
- It is Machiavellian, in the sense that it revolves around the question of how to maintain power.
- 2006, Mark Vernon, Philosophy and Life,
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