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Machiavellianism is, according to the Old English Dictionary (OED), "the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct", deriving from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote Il Principe (The Prince) and other works.
Machiavellian and variants became very popular in the late 16th century in English, though "Machiavellianism" itself is first cited by the OED from 1626. The word has a
similar use in modern psychology.Machiavelli, according to the popular view,
although this is disputed at least in part by most Machiavelli scholars, held that people were by nature untrustworthy, malevolent and self-serving, and thus those in power could only maintain their position through exploitative and deceitful actions.----------------------------------------------
Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that
plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire,
"Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do
you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to
do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich
for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless."
"What giants?" asked Sancho Panza.
"Those you see over there," replied his master, "with their long arms. Some
of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length."
"Take care, sir," cried Sancho. "Those over there are not giants but
windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they
are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone."
