Machiavelli

machiavelli English Etymology Probably from en it - it mal- chiavello 1, in which the second component is a diminutive of it chiavo nail. The name is attested in a Late Latin document in the form Malclavelli.it Macchiavelli – Origine del Cognome https://www.cognomix.it/origine-cognome/macchiavelli.php Cognomix 9 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20241204091818/https://www.cognomix.it/origine-cognome/macchiavelli.php 4 December 2024 Proper noun Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian statesman and writer, whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods. en 1978 Kołakowski Leszek Leszek Kołakowski w:Main Currents of Marxism I: The Founders pl Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie P[aul] S[teven] Falla 1976 w:Clarendon Press w:Oxford 9780198245476 181789472 155 As Mannheim observed, this idea goes back beyond Marx; the hypocrisy of moral ideals, religious beliefs, and philosophical doctrines was pointed out by Machiavelli, and between Marx and Mannheim we can find similar ideas in Nietzsche and Sorel. Derived terms en Machiavellize Machiavellism Translations Italian statesman and writer Armenian: hy Մաքիավելի, hy Մակիավելլի Bulgarian: bg Макиаве́ли m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 馬基雅維利 Mǎjīyǎwéilì, cmn 馬基雅弗利 Mǎjīyǎfúlì, cmn 馬基維利 Taiwan French: fr Machiavel m Italian: it Machiavelli Latin: la Malclavellus m Late Latin Russian: ru Макиаве́лли Noun Someone like Niccolò Machiavelli: a Machiavellian person Related terms en Machiavel References en Individuals Philosophers Italian it: Etymology See en Machiavelli. Sometimes written or spoken as Macchiavelli from false analogy with it macchia stain. Pronunciation Machiavélli Proper noun mfbysense it Niccolò Machiavelli it Individuals