This writer's best known work states that "There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends   by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehended; and a third which neither comprehends  by itself nor by the showing of others.
This writer's best known work states that "There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends   by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehended; and a third which neither comprehends  by itself nor by the showing of others." This person also wrote a work discussing the actions in another   writer's book Ab urbe condita, a history of Rome. This person wrote it is safer to be feared than  loved, and he described different ways for leaders to gain and maintain power. Name this thinker who  worked for Piero Soderini, was fascinated by Cesare [chay-ZAR-ay] Borgia, and wrote a dedication to  Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici in his book The Prince.
This writer's best known work states that "There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends   by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehended; and a third which neither comprehends  by itself nor by the showing of others.
Niccolò (di Bernardo dei) Machiavelli