For 10 points, name this Italian political philosopher who wrote Discourses on Livy and a work dedicated to Lorenzo Medici, The Prince.
One work by this man argued that the secure life available through lawful regimes like France was not actually a life of liberty. That work also claimed that the people were "more prudent  and of better judgment" than lone rulers. Another book by this man contrasts the dangers of independent barons with the security of appointed bureaucrats. That work by this man compares the effectiveness of the (*) cruelty of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus and outlines the virtues of Cesare Borgia to illustrate its claim that it is better for the title figure to be feared than to be loved. For 10 points, name this Italian political philosopher who wrote Discourses on Livy and a work dedicated to Lorenzo Medici, The Prince.
One work by this man argued that the secure life available through lawful regimes like France was not actually a life of liberty.
Niccolo Machiavelli