The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise from the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. However, the printed edition was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli’s loss of life. EVEN THOUGH THE Prince was created as if it were a traditional function in the mirrors for princes design, it is generally agreed that it was especially innovative. This is partly since it was written in the vernacular Italian instead of Latin, a practice that had become ever more popular since the publication of Dante’s Divine Humor and other works of Renaissance literature. The Prince is sometimes claimed to become one of the 1st works of modern philosophy, especially contemporary political philosophy, in which the ‘effectual’ truth is certainly taken to be more essential than any abstract ideal. Additionally it is notable for being in direct turmoil with the prominent Catholic and scholastic doctrines of that time period, particularly those concerning politics and ethics.