Was "The Prince" Revolutionary?

There have been many works written throughout the years that been known as a revolutionary, but one of the most popular ones would be The Prince by Niccolo` Machiavelli. Although some may say that Machiavelli simply wrote down the "obvious" about the rules of being a good ruler, up until this time, no one had taken the initiative to write some of these controversial thoughts. Thoughts such as lying, cheating and stealing would be worth …

…was stating the obvious for ruling, and all of this was common knowledge. But when taking into context that this book was written over 600 years ago, and most of the knowledge that we think of as "obvious" was thought up by this man. Until he took the initiative to write this work, the guidelines of ruling were unsure by most, and many rulers fell victim to not appeasing their subjects due to the mistakes stated.