Florentine political theorist, author of The Republic (11)

I believe the answer is:

machiavelli

(Other definitions for machiavelli that I've seen before include "Italian political philosopher, proponent of unscrupulous government, d. 1527" , "Italian political philosopher, author of "The Prince"" , "Author of The_Prince" , "Statesman of Florence" , "unprincipled politician" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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