What is deformation? By Owais Khattak 8:13:00 PM The term deformation is, like several other structural geology terms, used in different ways by different people and under different circumstances. In most cases, particularly in the ï¬eld, the term refers to the distortion (strain) that is expressed in a (deformed) rock. This is also what the word literally means: a change in form or shape.
1. the principles of government set forth in The Prince by Machiavelli, in which political expediency is exalted above morality and the use of er aft and deceit to maintain authority or to effectuate policy is recommended. Also Machiavellism. 2. activity characterized by subtle cunning, duplicity, or bad faith.
He also wrote an influential work on the merits of republicanism, known as the Discourses on Livy. Machiavelli grew up in the Italian city-state of Florence, which had been ruled by the Medici family for 60 years. In 1494, the Medicis were expelled from Florence and the city was instead set up as a republic. Machiavelli had been raised with a humanistic education and was an excellent writer and speaker. He was selected to be the Second Chancellor of Florence, and successfully led a militia of civilian-soldiers to victory over Pisa in 1509.