Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 - 28 June 1929) was an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early LGBT activist. A poet and writer, he was a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore, and a friend of Walt Whitman. He corresponded with many famous figures such as Annie Besant, Isadora Duncan, Havelock Ellis, Roger Fry, Mahatma Gandhi, Keir Hardie, J. K. Kinney, Jack London, George Merrill, E. D. Morel, William Morris, Edward R. Pease, John Ruskin, and Olive Schreiner. As a philosopher he is particularly known for his publication of Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure in which he...

Nicolas Machiavel est un penseur humaniste italien de la Renaissance, philosophe, theoricien de la politique, de l'histoire et de la guerre, ne le 3 mai 1469 a Florence, en Italie et mort le 21 juin 1527 dans la meme ville. Machiavel a donne naissance a plusieurs termes en francais: machiavelisme et ses derives, qui font reference a une interpretation politicienne cynique de l' uvre de Machiavel et machiavelien qui fait directement reference aux concepts developpes par Machiavel dans son uvre."

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. This was done with the permission of the Medici pope Clement VII, but "long before then, in fact since the first appearance of The Prince in manuscript, controversy had swirled about his writings."

Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (* 3. Mai 1469 in Florenz, Republik Florenz; 21. Juni 1527 ebenda) war ein florentinischer Philosoph, Politiker, Diplomat, Chronist und Dichter. Vor allem aufgrund seines Werkes Il Principe (Der Furst) gilt er als einer der bedeutendsten Staatsphilosophen der Neuzeit. Machiavelli ging es hier - im Ansatz neutral - darum, Macht analytisch zu untersuchen, anstatt normativ vorzugehen und die Differenz zwischen dem, was sein soll, und dem, was ist, festzustellen. Er orientierte sich in seiner Analyse an dem, was er fur empirisch feststellbar hielt. Sein...

Le Prince est un traite politique ecrit au debut du xvi siecle par Nicolas Machiavel, homme politique et ecrivain florentin, qui montre comment devenir prince et le rester, analysant des exemples de l'histoire antique et de l'histoire italienne de l'epoque. Parce que l'ouvrage ne donnait pas de conseils moraux au prince comme les traites classiques adresses a des rois, et qu'au contraire il conseillait dans certains cas des actions contraires aux bonnes m urs, il a ete souvent accuse d'immoralisme, donnant lieu a l'epithete machiavelique . Cependant, l'ouvrage a connu une grande posterite et...

Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 - 21 June 1527) was an Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer. He has often been called the founder of modern political science. He was for many years a senior official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is renowned in the Italian language. He was secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. He wrote...

El Principe (en italiano y originalmente: Il principe) es un tratado de teoria politica escrito por Nicolas Maquiavelo en 1513, mientras este se encontraba encarcelado en San Casciano por la acusacion de haber conspirado en contra de los Medici. El libro fue publicado en 1531 y dedicado a Lorenzo II de Medici, duque de Urbino, en respuesta a dicha acusacion, a modo de regalo. Tiene ciertas inspiraciones en Cesar Borgia. Se trata de la obra de mayor renombre de este autor, aquella por la cual se acunaron el sustantivo maquiavelismo y el adjetivo maquiavelico y cuya influencia sigue vigente...

The Discourses on Livy (Italian: Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio, literally "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy") is a work of political history and philosophy written in the early 16th century (ca. 1517) by the Italian writer and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, best known as the author of The Prince. The Discourses were published posthumously with papal privilege in 1531. The title identifies the work's subject as the first ten books of Livy's Ab urbe condita, which relate the expansion of Rome through the end of the Third Samnite War in 293 BCE, although...

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.

Romeo y Julieta (Romeo and Juliet o The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet, 1597) es una tragedia de William Shakespeare. Cuenta la historia de dos jovenes enamorados que, a pesar de la oposicion de sus familias, rivales entre si, deciden casarse de forma clandestina y vivir juntos; sin embargo, la presion de esa rivalidad y una serie de fatalidades conducen a que la pareja elija el suicidio antes que vivir separados. Esta relacion entre sus protagonistas los ha convertido en el arquetipo de los llamados star-crossed lovers. La muerte de ambos, sin embargo, supone la...