How should one read The Prince? As an ode to political amorality? A practical manual, a "how to do it" of conquering and maintaining power without moral inhibitions? Or, on the contrary, as a sample of realistic and realistic analysis? In an era like the one we live in, an era of crisis and testing for democracy, rejection of politics and all its institutions [...] in such a time, we all feel the need to rethink what politics is, what it seeks and by what means. From this perspective, rereading The Prince is not only enjoyable but also useful and timely.

(from the preface by Pavlos Tsimas)