Crown Prince Frederick's Anti-Machiavel, an idealistic refutation…
1740 CE
Crown Prince Frederick's Anti-Machiavel, an idealistic refutation of Niccolò Machiavelli, whose works, such as The Prince, are considered a guideline for the behavior of a king in this age, is published anonymously in 1740, but Voltaire distributes it in Amsterdam to great popularity.
Frederick's years dedicated to the arts instead of politics had ended upon the death of Frederick William and his inheritance of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Before his ascension, Frederick had been told by d'Alembert, "The philosophers and the men of letters in every land have long looked upon you, Sire, as their leader and model."
Such devotion, however, has to be tempered by political realities.
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