Niccolò Machiavelli

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Renaissance humanist diplomat historian human playwright political philosopher writer

Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher, diplomat, and writer best known for his treatise "The Prince," which explores pragmatic and often ruthless strategies for acquiring and maintaining power.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance humanist → diplomat → historian → human → playwright → political philosopher → writer →
birthDate	1469-05-03 →
birthPlace	Florence → Republic of Florence →
citizenship	Republic of Florence →
deathDate	1527-06-21 →
deathPlace	Duchy of Florence → Florence →
employer	Republic of Florence →
era	Renaissance →
familyName	Machiavelli →
fieldOfWork	drama → history → military theory → political philosophy →
genre	comedy → political treatise →
givenName	Niccolò →
hasWorkCharacterizedAs	ruthless in its advice to rulers →
hasWorkExploring	pragmatic strategies for acquiring and maintaining political power →
influenced	Friedrich Nietzsche → Jean-Jacques Rousseau → Max Weber → Thomas Hobbes → modern political realism →
influencedBy	Aristotle → Livy → Polybius → Tacitus →
language	Italian →
movement	Renaissance humanism →
notableWork	Discourses on Livy → The Art of War → The Mandrake → The Prince →
occupation	civil servant → diplomat → historian → playwright → political philosopher → writer →
originalLanguageOfWork	Italian →
philosophicalSchool	political realism →
positionHeld	Second Chancellor of the Republic of Florence → Secretary to the Ten of War of the Republic of Florence →
subjectOf	Machiavellianism →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hans Morgenthau → Raymond Aron → Thomas Hobbes ("Machiavelli") →	influencedBy
Cyropaedia → Livy ("Machiavelli") →	influenced
Renaissance humanism →	associatedWithFigure
Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence →	burialPlaceOf
Against the Current →	containsEssayOn
Francesco Guicciardini →	contemporaryOf
Anti-Machiavel →	criticizesAuthor
Niccolò Machiavelli ("Machiavelli") →	familyName
Republic of Florence →	notablePerson