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The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
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The Prince is briefly cited as the origin of the personality label 'Machiavellianism' in the Dark Tetrad framework, described as a how-to manual for gaining and wielding power, used to contextualise the manipulative, power-seeking traits associated with the trait.
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