"I'm Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli[a] (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) I was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. I am best known for my political treatise The Prince (Il Principe), written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after my death. I often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science."