“Machiavelli died almost five hundred years ago, but his name still rings on lips when it is necessary to describe the crafty, insidious steps and actions taken in big politics,” - this is how Quentin Skinner begins his work and, to refute this An unfair indictment of the extraordinary personality that Machiavelli undoubtedly is, examines three major works: The Prince, Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy, and The History of Florence - and presents his own interpretation of Machiavelli's worldview. However, no matter how the reader reacts to Skinner’s concept, one cannot but agree that Machiavelli’s genius is grandiose in the field of political theory.