“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” Machiavelli believes citizens or any Race "diversity" would possess more loyalty and would not be motivated by money so that one reason why people follow his rules because he’s a loyalty to the work place that his serving also because he’s having extremely power to change for good. Also Machiavelli strongly believed in the requirement of a strong leader in order to maintain domination for the benefit
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The lack of good leadership qualities is mirrored in many past and present events in the world today. There is a pressing need for developing strong leadership‚ which will guide people towards sustainable peace and harmony. In The Prince‚ Machiavelli shares his views on how a prince should behave to acquire and maintain political power. First of all‚ although it is not explicitly stated‚ the ends will always justify the means. This is one of the core assumptions of Machiavelli’s philosophy. Throughout
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Niccolo Machiavelli’s‚ The Prince is used as a guide for ruling and maintaining control. This book was essential in aiding prince of Florence‚ Lorenzo de Medici‚ to help solidify the union in Italy. Machiavelli created it in an effort to gain the position of Lorenzo’s political advisor. As a result of the book‚ Machiavelli was appointed Lorenzo’s political advisor demonstrating how concrete his claims and supporting evidence were in gaining and maintaining control. Despite being principles established
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Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian who saw the world more differently than any other man at the time. His writings like The Prince‚ challenged and brought new ideas about rulers and how they should act. Many people feared his ideas and still disagree on them today. Machiavelli strongly believed in deception of being good‚ not raising taxes and or not having true virtue‚ and how it is much safer to be feared than loved as a leader. These ideas were considered absurd to the people. And so many thought
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The Prince In The Prince Machiavelli‚ an Italian Renaissance philosopher expressed his interpretation on how a government should be ran in order to make his city more powerful and vigorous. Machiavelli explained that in order for a city-state to run efficiently the prince needs to know how to regulate and command the town. Throughout the book Machiavelli brings up numerous standards that a prince should follow. Secularism‚ humanism‚ and independence are the most important principles that are in
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It is through the cruelty presented in works such as The Prince that has led to the disdain for the term Machiavellian. It has become synonymous with the ideas of duplicity in diplomacy‚ with little regard to the effects on morality. However‚ The Prince is not necessarily a treatise desiring violence and cruelty‚ but a document founded upon the ideas of pragmatism. To Machiavelli‚ the use of cruelty is not meant to be done for the sake of cruelty itself‚ but for the ideas of cruelty being well used
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• In what ways do feminists see Machiavelli’s views of the citizen-warrior as misogynistic? – Feminists see Machiavelli’s views of a warrior as misogynistic because he believes that for human excellence to be achieved‚ they must constantly strive for power. Tickner states that Machiavelli brought back the ideology of a citizen-warrior in Europe during the sixteenth century. Moving forward‚ Morgenthau reimbursed the idea of a citizen-warrior in the 20th century. This goes to show that throughout history
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Christian Smith DYFS and Principalities Centenary College Machiavelli’s book‚ The Prince has been‚ and still is‚ a guideline to the average organization in today’s world. New Jersey’s Department of Division of Youth and Family Services known as DYFS has grown to the organization that they are today because of the principalities it applies from The Prince. Machiavelli also composed The Prince as a practical guide for ruling. In this book‚ there are a few chapters that stood out and were compatible
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‘Louis XIV’s foreign policy was entirely driven by his personal quest for gloire’. To what extent do you consider this statement to be true? Upon the coronation of Louis XIV on the 7th of June 1654‚ Mazarin informed Louis in fatherly tones that “It is up to you to become the most glorious king that has ever been”. Although Louis’ personal reign did not truly begin until 1661‚ he took this advice to heart and for the early part of his reign his foreign policy was almost entirely based upon his desire
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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
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