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Dedication to Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici in in The Prince by Niccolò…
Dedication to Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici in in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
According to what Machiavelli writes about his book, being about
"the knowledge of the actions of great men, acquired by long experience in contemporary affairs, and a continual study of antiquity; which, having reflected upon it with great and prolonged diligence"
to what extent can this book be classified as
social science
(specifically,
political science
)?
Introduction
Niccolò Machiavelli
May 3, 1469, Florence, Italy—June 21, 1527, Florence, Italy
Head of the second chancery
In charge of the republic’s foreign affairs in subject territories
Young and high in office
Never served an apprenticeship in the chancery
Persuaded Soderini to reduce the city’s reliance on mercenary forces by establishing a militia, which then he organized
Undertook more than forty diplomatic and military missions to the court of France
With religious and political powers
Social science
Discipline or branch of science that deals with human behaviour in its social and cultural aspects
They may use the scientific method
Political science
Systematic study of governance by the application of empirical and generally scientific methods of analysis
xamines the state and its organs and institutions
Contemporary discipline is broader, encompassing studies of all the societal, cultural, and psychological factors that mutually influence the operation of government and the body politic
Body
In favor
Political, military and social topics discussed
Against
Written before the XIX century, when Auguste Comte, created in 1838 created this field as one for the creation of a systematic science for studying society, a way to investigate and solve its basic problems
Conclusion
Social science which influenced greatly all the investigations that would come after it. Machiavelli is the father of modern political thought