1. Niccolo Machiavelli

2. The Life May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527 Married Marietta Corsini in 1501
Devoted politician, historian, play writer, poet and military theorist.
May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527
Married Marietta Corsini in 1501
5 children

3. Life continued..
Florence, Italy Poverty Traveled Removed as Chancellor Tortured by Medici’s Banished 13 years to San Andrea
Teacher and Aristotle

4. Works “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”
Written in 1521
Describes methods of governing and principles. How to have power and rule people.

5. “People are by nature changeable
“People are by nature changeable. It is easy to persuade them about some particular matter, but it is hard to hold them to that persuasion. Hence it is necessary to provide that when they no longer believe, they can be forced to believe.”

6. Works continued..
Impacted people to rethink government during Renaissance.
Humanistic
Aristotle’s views
Influenced today's modern government