Who Was Niccolò Machiavelli?

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, Political Theory, Biographies, World History

04/09/2010 Murray N. Rothbard

Machiavelli was reviled throughout Europe during the 16th century and on into the next two centuries. He was considered to be a conscious preacher of evil, a diabolic figure who had unleashed the demons in the world of politics, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

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