Machiavelli said that: “A ruler should be feared rather than loved” explain how he supported his statements using specific examples from the text.
Machiavelli said that: “A ruler should be feared rather than loved” explain how he supported his statements using specific examples from the text.
PRINCE ESSAY Machiavelli was harsh in his tactics, but they were not only effective by successful. When the Medici family was run out of Italy by the French invasion, there was a period of time where the Italian government didn’t know what to do, so they didn’t operate effectively, if they operated at all. Italy’s power began to grow weaker until a man working for the Italian government, Niccolò Machiavelli, decided that it was time for him to chime in and take control. He wrote a rulebook, essentially, on how the Renaissance Italian government should rule called The Prince. This novella guided the Italian Renaissance government on how they should rule while the Medici’s were out of power. Throughout his novella on modern political philosophy, Machiavelli constantly refers back to his theory that “a ruler should be feared father than loved.” Oddly enough, Machiavelli was a statesman, but he appears to sanction behavior of unethical and scheming monarchs, or princes, to rule over the people they govern. He uses the metaphor to illustrate how a ruler should be like a fox, to recognize the traps, and like a lion, to scare away the wolves, in order to benefit themselves ad their country. Machiavelli tells of how a ruler should act to avoid the traps of the political world, that is looking to catch another ruler in an uncomfortable position and take advantage of their weak authority. It is key that Machiavelli compares a good ruler to a fox because they can recognize political traps. Foxes are often thought of as sly and conniving animals which is closely related to the way Machiavelli calls for the rulers to act—sly and mischievous. He shows how “The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from the wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves”
PRINCE ESSAY Machiavelli was harsh in his tactics, but they were not only effective by successful. When the Medici family was run out of Italy by the French invasion, there was a period of time where the Italian government didn’t know what to do, so they didn’t operate effectively, if they operated at all. Italy’s power began to grow weaker until a man working for the Italian government, Niccolò Machiavelli, decided that it was time for him to chime in and take control. He wrote a rulebook, essentially, on how the Renaissance Italian government should rule called The Prince. This novella guided the Italian Renaissance government on how they should rule while the Medici’s were out of power. Throughout his novella on modern political philosophy, Machiavelli constantly refers back to his theory that “a ruler should be feared father than loved.” Oddly enough, Machiavelli was a statesman, but he appears to sanction behavior of unethical and scheming monarchs, or princes, to rule over the people they govern. He uses the metaphor to illustrate how a ruler should be like a fox, to recognize the traps, and like a lion, to scare away the wolves, in order to benefit themselves ad their country. Machiavelli tells of how a ruler should act to avoid the traps of the political world, that is looking to catch another ruler in an uncomfortable position and take advantage of their weak authority. It is key that Machiavelli compares a good ruler to a fox because they can recognize political traps. Foxes are often thought of as sly and conniving animals which is closely related to the way Machiavelli calls for the rulers to act—sly and mischievous. He shows how “The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from the wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves”