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  • More's Utopia And Machiavelli's The Prince
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    Just vs. Viable To be just is to be fair and honorable. Kids are taught that if you are kind and just you will excel and be successful. But life's not fair and being just doesn't necessary mean that a society will stand the test of time and be able to grow. The two different societies introduced in More's Utopia and Machiavelli's The Prince are very different and although More's Utopian society would be considered more just then Machiavelli's society. Machiavelli's society is more realistic and ...
  • Machiavelli's Classic Text
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    Ever wonder why politicians are merciless dogs? Of course you have. Well, here's the answer. Machiavelli's classic text on acquiring and maintaining political power laid the foundation for modern politics, for better or for worse, and remains its bedrock. Machiavelli was an Italian patriot and a long-time member of the Italian hierarchy as a sort of political consultant, having been recently ejected from his position when he wrote this manual. Italy was then in a turbulent political situation, s...
  • Machiavelli's Prince
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    The Prince The Prince had no actual characters, but instead discussed and analyzed the political policies of political leaders, highlighting their faults and strengths. The setting was 1513 Europe. This is the same time when major areas were having power struggles and religious conflict was rampant. His tone is that of the ambitious leader. It conveys the thoughts of one who knows how to gain and maintain power. Though this is true, the thoughts are built upon principalities probably learned by ...
  • Empires And Great Leaders
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    "The state is the highest achievement of man, a progressive and elaborate creation of his free will. The individual, the leader, the people, cooperate in maintaining it". This idea of state was put forth by Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince, which was in essence a ruler's handbook to governing and maintaining his land. Machiavelli conjured his theories for government by basing his ideas in his belief that men, especially men in power, tend to follow the same directions, and therefore by looking ...
  • Machiavelli For One Year
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    'An Outline and Arguments on The Prince by Machiavelli' Niccolo Machiavelli was a very knowledgeable man. He was born in Florence in 1469 and when he was of the age 43 he wrote The Prince. His first admission into politics happened in 1498 with the title as Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria. He held this job through the year 1512 right before the Medici took over Florence. He was very faithful to his elders and to the policies of the government. In 1502 he became assistant to Sode...
  • President In Iraq
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    The war in Iraq brings up a lot of questions, about the future decisions of President of the United States of America, Mr. George W. Bush. After the terrorist attack on the United States, which shook the whole world, US went to war with Iraq. I believe that this is a war on terrorism, and not an "Oil War", how other like to refer to it. United States want to liberate people in Iraq and bring up the standards of living in that very rich, but at the same time poor country. Before I come to my main...
  • Politics And Human Nature
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    Both Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes were philosophers who produced influential works on politics and human nature. Hobbes was best known for his publications on individual security and the social contract, while Machiavelli was a writer, statesman The first great political philosopher of the Renaissance was Nicole Machiavelli (1469-1527). His famous treatise, The Prince, stands apart from all other political writings of the period insofar as it focus on the practical problems a monarch fa...
  • Achilles And Many Other Ancient Princes
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    Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his famous dissertation on power The Prince in 1517. His thoughts on the rules of power encompass the struggles for every level of power, from the proletariat struggling in the corporate world to strategies performed by the world leader in the sixteenth century to now. Talking about the very statement Rivers and man can be controlled but not trusted, we can find many objective arguments which, however, lead us to the very content of ruling. There are a great number of e...
  • Martin Luther And Niccolo Machiavelli
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    Both leaders of their generations, Martin Luther and Niccolo Machiavelli were also religious and political icons. Through their theses, essays, and books they were able to successfully convey their views to the public. Martin Luther was a lawyer turned priest, who tried to open the eyes of the public to the general corruption of the Catholic Church. His 95 theses were the foundation of the Protestant Reformation, while Machiavelli used his skills as a writer, with The Prince, and other works, to...
  • Present Day Politician To Success
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    "Cruel to be kind" is a clich often used in modern society. It suggests using rather harsh means in order to accomplish benevolent ends. For example a parent grounds his or her child for a month after the child is caught smoking. The child thinks the punishment austere, but the parent inflicted the penalty to show the child that smoking is unhealthy and that he or she is breaking the law. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote "The Qualities of the Prince" to demonstrate how a ruler should rule and be succes...
  • Buffett's Son The Qualities Of A Miser
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    On Generosity and Miserliness After reading Machiavelli: The Qualities of the Prince (On Generosity and Miserliness) I realized how much of Machiavelli's ideas can still be applied to today. His explanations of why miserliness was a wiser way of life can be completely converted into scenarios of the present. I agree with Machiavelli's thoughts, because his argument is solid, and because his wisdom has proven to be true throughout time (meaning it can still be applied today). Generosity seems to ...
  • Machiavelli Believes
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    In this essay I will first briefly discuss Machiavelli in the context of political thought as a whole, before giving an account of his life and the circumstances which caused to him to write 'The Prince', the most famous of his works. Secondly, I will examine the nature and importance of his ideas before deciding whether his views on morality deserve the degree of significance accorded to them by Berki. 'Machiavelli lies outside the mainstream of European political thought for a number of reason...
  • Interrelations Between Politicians In Modern Government
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    Machiavelli The Morphing of Machiavellian Ideas In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries the common people relied on the princes of the day for protection. These princes, therefore, exercised absolute power over their state. They had a duty to protect the people and their land, and a self-preserving instinct to protect, and cultivate, their own power. However, modern democratic forms of government have taken the burden of protecting people and land off of the prince and put it on the ...
  • Machiavelli States On The Topic Of Power
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    Machiavelli was born in Florence, in 1496. His father was a lawyer, and his family lived modestly, but was not rich. Florence in the 15th century was an independent city, owing political allegiance to no one. It was a center of learning and of considerable artistic creativity. In the 15th members of the Medici family ruled it. The Medici family was temporarily expelled from Florence in 1494, and was replaced by a friar named Savonarola who carried on with campaigns against corruption. In 1497 he...
  • Confucius Vs Machiavelli Comparison
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    Confucius vs. Machiavelli The worlds that Machiavelli and Confucius wrote out their archetypal ideas of society in the contemporary times of which they both existed were extremely different. Machiavelli wrote his piece called The Prince as a how to rule for dummies type of book meant for the upper class as a means of becoming more educated about the world during the period of humanism in the early 14th century. His works were published an admired for his writing style and flawless reprimanding o...
  • Richelieu And Machiavelli
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    "You must know there are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts; but because the first is frequently not sufficient, it is necessary to have recourse to the second. Therefore it is necessary for a prince to understand how to avail himself of the beast and the man " (The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli pg. 62). Machiavelli favors both one being a man and the other being an animal. In the same way, Armand-Jean du Plessi...
  • One Prince Of The Present Time
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    THE PHILOSOPHY Regardless of the fact that even his name has come to be equated with cunning and political manipulation in modern times. Machiavelli himself was uniquely committed to furthering the agenda of what he thought of as a "true" leader. His books, The Discourses and The Prince, are, in fact, devoted to endeavoring to discover the laws of political behavior that lead to success in political action. The Prince, which is his most renowned work, centers on the principle that justifies the ...
  • Borgia And Pope Alexander VI
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    Throughout Machiavelli's analysis of the princes in The Prince and The Discourses, his criterion for success is founded on the idea of balance between a number of elements (both at the individual and system level), mobilization of resources for success and adaptation to the constantly changing environment. In terms of the prince's qualities Machiavelli aspires to the creation of order and evaluates the success of the prince on his ability to balance: virtue and vice, shame and glory, opportunity...
  • Jefferson And Machiavelli
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    Politicians have a corrupt reputation, and everyone knows it. They seem to have gotten their reputation because the majority of them act dishonest and deceitful. Nearly everyone assumes that politicians will say anything to get elected, and very few will keep their word. Niccolo Machiavelli, in his work, "The Qualities of a Prince", established a set of values that has basically turned into the modern day politicians' bible. Although our nation is supposed to be founded upon Thomas Jefferson's "...
  • Ideal Ruler In Order
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    MACHIAVELLI: THE PRINCE Themes and Ideas During Machiavelli's time, society was much different than it had been for previous philosophers. Instead of storing up good works, so as to enjoy paradise, as the medieval man did, the Renaissance man was interested in all things, enjoyed life, strove for worldly acclaim and wealth, and had a deep interest in classical civilizations. He was born at a time of conflict within Florence, Italy, between the republican leaders and the family of the Medici's, o...

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