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Do You Agree With The View That Machiavelli’s Work ‘The Prince’ Was Profoundly Untypical Of The Attitudes Of 16th Century Humanists And Political Thinkers' ‘The Prince’ by Machiavelli was one of the first humanist works of the Renaissance. The writer uniquely contrasts his opinions with 16th century humanists and political thinkers about virtue, fortune, morality and the ways in which men in a high ranking society should act. It is an apparent tribute to Machiavelli’s originality as to why the book is still widely read today. However, it is this same originality which has led his work to be fervently debated over the centuries, and ‘The Prince’ has thus become an extremely controversial piece of writing. From 1498 until the fall of the Florentine republic in 1512, Machiavelli held the post of second chancellor and secretary of the Council of Ten. However as a result of the Medici coming back to power, Machiavelli was consequently relieved from his political duties and exiled. It was during this period that Machiavelli wrote his dedicatory epistle, ‘The Prince’ to the new ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de Medici. By flattering the Medici, and changing his own personal beliefs as to how a Prince should rule in order to suit his reader, Machiavelli hoped to re-enter the political sphere. Although many critics consider ‘The Prince’ to be machiavelli, prince, political, machiavelli’s, prince, man, fortune, should, one, humanists, book, virtuous, virtue, politics, life, humanist, however, explains, work, view, men, century, always, 16th, war, thus, thinkers, state, republic, power, must, medici, idea, evil, contrast