Which Italian thinker and "father of modern political science," wrote The Prince?

options:

Dante

Machiavelli

Petrarch

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer: Nicollo Machiavelli

Explanation: renaissance thinker. Machiavelli is not a medieval political thinker (as Dante Alighieri in his "Monarchy") anymore. His political thougths do not refer to metaphysical, divine realm. His political thought takes place in profane, secular realm.