Machiavelli's On Avoiding Being Despisd
Summary and Paraphrase “On Avoiding Being Despised and Hated”
In Machiavelli book The Qualities of the Prince, section “On Avoiding Being Despised and Hated” talks about how a prince can avoid being despised and hated from his people. In this section, Machiavelli have briefly talked about the general manner of how a prince should react toward when his [prince] subject look upon him as a despised and hated person. What makes the prince hated is if he’s being greedy and a usurper of the property and the women of his subjects. And the only way a prince can persist is not to deprive them [his subject] of either their property or their honor. A prince will be despised if he has a reputation of being considered changeable, frivolous, effeminate cowardly and irresolute. In order to save his reputation, the prince must guard himself and strive to make everyone recognize his actions of greatness, spirit, dignity and strength. …show more content…
Machiavelli stated that a prince is difficult to conspire with a reputation provided that he is understood to be the great merit and revered person by his subjects.
However, a prince should worry about two threats: internal sedition from his subject and external threats from foreign powers. A prince can always defend himself against foreign enemies with a strong troops and good allies. Even Machiavelli mentioned “he [prince] will always have good friends if he has good troops; and internal affairs will always be stable when external affairs are stable… if external conditions change, he is properly organized and does not lose control of himself, he will always be able to withstand every attack” (48). A strong troop will always leads to good
allies.
When external do not change, the prince have to secure himself from being hated or despised by his people. And one of the preparations that the prince can do to against conspiracies is by making sure that he is not hated or scorned by the people. For a man who plans a conspiracy always believes the people will be satisfied when he kills the ruler [prince]. In contrast, if the prince react his general manners and amity toward his people/subject, the conspirator are at a disadvantage position where there might be some supportive people discovered and the prince will punish them.
In order to punish the conspirator, there is nothing but fear, jealousy, and the prospect of punishment to terrify him. But in order for the prince to keep his own power, he has to counter the majesty of the principality, the laws, and the concerns of friends and the state to defend him [conspirator].
A prince cannot possible to avoid all the hated and despised from his people, but he can performed his greatness and wisdom to pretend any disposed toward him. A prince must also ensure a good military standing due to conspiracy. An example will be Messer Annibale Bentivoglio, the prince of Bologna, was murdered by the Canneschi family and left no heir except a baby. In conclusion, the people of Bologna rose up and killed all the Canneschi and it was the baby named Messer Giovanni who rule and control the city. This is the most important concerns that a prince has, because in order to have a well-organized state, a prince must not to anger the nobles and to satisfy his people.
In Machiavelli book The Qualities of the Prince, section “On Avoiding Being Despised and Hated” talks about how a prince can avoid being despised and hated from his people. In this section, Machiavelli have briefly talked about the general manner of how a prince should react toward when his [prince] subject look upon him as a despised and hated person. What makes the prince hated is if he’s being greedy and a usurper of the property and the women of his subjects. And the only way a prince can persist is not to deprive them [his subject] of either their property or their honor. A prince will be despised if he has a reputation of being considered changeable, frivolous, effeminate cowardly and irresolute. In order to save his reputation, the prince must guard himself and strive to make everyone recognize his actions of greatness, spirit, dignity and strength. …show more content…
Machiavelli stated that a prince is difficult to conspire with a reputation provided that he is understood to be the great merit and revered person by his subjects.
However, a prince should worry about two threats: internal sedition from his subject and external threats from foreign powers. A prince can always defend himself against foreign enemies with a strong troops and good allies. Even Machiavelli mentioned “he [prince] will always have good friends if he has good troops; and internal affairs will always be stable when external affairs are stable… if external conditions change, he is properly organized and does not lose control of himself, he will always be able to withstand every attack” (48). A strong troop will always leads to good
allies.
When external do not change, the prince have to secure himself from being hated or despised by his people. And one of the preparations that the prince can do to against conspiracies is by making sure that he is not hated or scorned by the people. For a man who plans a conspiracy always believes the people will be satisfied when he kills the ruler [prince]. In contrast, if the prince react his general manners and amity toward his people/subject, the conspirator are at a disadvantage position where there might be some supportive people discovered and the prince will punish them.
In order to punish the conspirator, there is nothing but fear, jealousy, and the prospect of punishment to terrify him. But in order for the prince to keep his own power, he has to counter the majesty of the principality, the laws, and the concerns of friends and the state to defend him [conspirator].
A prince cannot possible to avoid all the hated and despised from his people, but he can performed his greatness and wisdom to pretend any disposed toward him. A prince must also ensure a good military standing due to conspiracy. An example will be Messer Annibale Bentivoglio, the prince of Bologna, was murdered by the Canneschi family and left no heir except a baby. In conclusion, the people of Bologna rose up and killed all the Canneschi and it was the baby named Messer Giovanni who rule and control the city. This is the most important concerns that a prince has, because in order to have a well-organized state, a prince must not to anger the nobles and to satisfy his people.