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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the Renaissance statesman that wrote The Prince?
A
Erasmus
B
Marlowe
C
Shakespeare
D
Machiavelli
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who was Niccolò Machiavelli? Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher and statesman and secretary of the Florentine republic. His most famous work, The Prince (1532), brought him a reputation as an atheist and an immoral cynic.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rather, when Machiavelli wrote The Prince, his shrewd guidelines to power in the 16th century, he was an exiled statesman angling for a post in the Florentine government. It was his hope that a strong sovereign, as outlined in his writing, could return Florence to its former glory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Niccolò Machiavelli (May 3, 1469–June 21, 1527) was an Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, Humanist, and writer. He has often been called the founder of modern political science.

Detailed explanation-4: -Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, just after he was forced to leave Florence as a political exile. Dedicated to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the book is Machiavelli’s advice to the current ruler of Florence on how to stay in power.

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