Political Philosophy (Machiavelli)

A shift in political thought towards realism and pragmatism, analyzing power as it is, rather than as it should be. 'The Prince' famously separated political action from traditional morality.

Core metadata

ID: political_philosophy_machiavelli
Era: Renaissance
First known date: 1513 (exact)
Region: Florence, Italy
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

Sovereignty Theory (Bodin) (sovereignty_theory_bodin)

Fields

None.

Node sources

Niccolo Machiavelli (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 5
Average edge confidence: 68%
Prerequisite sources: 3
expert_inference: 5

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Philosophy (philosophy)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Philosophy provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Presocratic Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2012, textbook) • Supports: edge
Humanism (humanism)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Humanism provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	No sources recorded.
Printing Press (printing_press)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Printing Press provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Gutenberg Bible (Library of Congress, 2021, official_agency) • Supports: edge
Ancient Written Law Codes (codified_law)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Codified Law provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	The Ur-Nammu Law Code (The Schoyen Collection, 2011, museum) • Supports: edge
Classical Historiography (Herodotus, Thucydides) (classical_historiography_herodotus_thucydides)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Classical Historiography (Herodotus, Thucydides) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	No sources recorded.

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