It is said that Machiavelli had great contributions to the world of politics and of political thought. However, a majority of these contributions did not come from speeches, or numerous literary works, like most influential people, (example, Erasmus). His main, and most focused upon literary work is The Prince. The Prince is a rather short book in which he states the necessity of an all-powerful ruler with no moral constraints. The main focus is for …showed first 75 words of 1130 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1130 total…whether or not directly caused by him. However, after the book was written, (even a century later), there doesn't seem to be an accelerated pace at which political secularization had been taken place. Whether he never truly impacted anyone during his own time, and could thus be called ahead of his time, it is easily observed that centuries after his death, he had extremely impacted the people of the world, not just those of Italy.