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However, many of the notions which are connected with the term Machiavellism were not explicitly stated by Machiavelli but only implied in his political writ - ings.
MACHIAVELLISM FELIX GILBERT 1968
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If the idea of Machiavellism lost in coherence and significance in the nineteenth century, the development of scholarship, and particularly of historical scholar - ship, maintained and perhaps intensified interest in
MACHIAVELLISM FELIX GILBERT 1968
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This dangerous doctrine has received the name of "Machiavellism"; it is not yet dead in European statecraft.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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We introduced neo-Machiavellism into this country, the others, the counter-revolutionary dictatorships, have clumsily imitated it.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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In the long run, Confucius will continue to be remembered for his kindness and the reasonableness of his social scheme, while Mao and his fellow-ideologues will be remembered for their Machiavellism, brutality and sheer cynicism.
Emanuel L. Paparella - Confucius: The Sage of Compassion and Kindness William Harryman 2009
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Tarbell wondered whether the cleansing effects of her Standard Oil exposé could successfully wipe away the "commercial Machiavellism" of Rockefeller.
'Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller' 2008
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Tarbell portrayed the company as a dread power, cruel, omniscient, always ready to spring, and charged Rockefeller with "commercial Machiavellism."
Reviewed: books on the U.S. in the Middle East, Taking on Standard Oil, the 1917 St. Louis Race Riots and more Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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Tarbell portrayed the company as a dread power, cruel, omniscient, always ready to spring, and charged Rockefeller with "commercial Machiavellism."
Archive 2008-07-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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This royal act shows us that Machiavellism is not new; but is it true that Artaxerxes promised not to make an example of the chief mercenaries who sold themselves to his brother?
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La Mothe Le Vayer, teacher of the Dauphin and mem - ber of the French Academy, popularized and promul - gated the nouveau pyrrhonisme (sometimes joining it to a Machiavellism in politics).
Dictionary of the History of Ideas RICHARD H. POPKIN 1968
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