| Summary: | This article offers a reading of Machiavelli's <i>il Principe</i> and its relationship to his <i>Discorsi</i> which defends, first, the coherence of Machiavelli's appeal to the figure of the one-man ordinatore and, second, a republican interpretation of <i>il Principe</i>. Its particular focus is on the pivotal role played in Machiavelli's text-act by 'love of worldly glory'. It is argued, first, that it is through love of glory that Machiavelli can coherently aim to produce an effective one-man ordinatore and, second, that the political education that <i>il Principe</i> provides to this figure leads them ineluctably to the conclusion that lasting glory can only be achieved through the foundation of a republic.
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