Niccoló Machiavelli The image of the modern politician may actually have roots in a 500 year old document "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli. Machiavelli's works "The Prince" is a political study that describes less than honorable but all to realistic methods that still used by the politicians to secure their power. There was a man who was born on May 3, 1469 in Florence, Italy. His name is Niccolò Machiavelli an Italian philosopher, Political theorist, diplomat, musician and writer of the Renaissance Period. At the age of seven, Machiavelli started his education. Machiavelli shared his love for books because it was a family value. He tirelessly read the classics and it was proved by his writings. Niccolò Machiavelli was also a central figure in a political scene of the Italian Renaissance. "Ill Príncipe" or " The Prince" is Machiavelli's best known work and it is dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici in Government. "Disc...