Who is known as the first modern political scientist?
A
Dante Alighieri
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B
Thomas Hobbes
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C
Niccolò Machiavelli
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D
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Solution
The correct option is C Niccolò Machiavelli The first modern political scientist was the Italian writer Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527). He wrote a famous book called 'The Prince' in which he argued that politics needs to be understood within the framework of reality.