Niccolò Machiavelli
1469 CE–1527 CE · Philosopher · Florence
Niccolò Machiavelli was a Florentine political thinker, diplomat, historian, and playwright. From 1498 he served the Republic of Florence as secretary of the Second Chancery, conducting diplomatic missions across Italy and Europe. When the Medici family regained power in 1512 he was dismissed, briefly imprisoned, and tortured, then withdrew to his family farm outside the city. There he wrote his best-known work, "Il Principe" (The Prince), a treatise on acquiring and holding political power, alongside the "Discourses on Livy" and the comedy "Mandragola." His analysis of politics grounded in observed behavior rather than moral ideals shaped later political theory.
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- Wang Yangming· 1472 CE–1529 CE
- Francisco Pizarro· 1475 CE–1541 CE
- Michelangelo Buonarroti· 1475 CE–1564 CE
- Ferdinand Magellan· 1480 CE–1521 CE
- Raphael· 1483 CE–1520 CE
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