I think that it is better to be feared than loved in order to retain and increase power. Niccolo Machiavelli‚ author of The Prince‚ provided ample evidence to support this theory. A feared prince focuses on what needs to be established in his nation and distances himself from personal affairs that interferes with his position‚ whereas a beloved prince would constantly seek validation from the people‚ thereby weakening his power and rule. “People thought Cesare Borgia was cruel‚ but that cruelty of
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is not to be Lord Robert Dudley‚ Elizabeth’s lover. Elizabeth needs to learn which of her advisers to listen to as some are not out for her best interest. Relating Leadership Ideas from Hobbes and Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes has different ideas on leadership. Machiavelli was a pragmatic leader and his approach was based on his work "The Prince and the Discourses"‚ his leadership styles were cunning‚ deceiving‚ and ruthless and his idea of power is the ability to produce
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According to Machiavelli‚ it is better to be feared than it is to be loved. Of course‚ being loved and feared is ideal‚ however‚ this is impossible. In that case‚ the prince should opt to be feared by his subjects. For one thing‚ a prince needs his subjects to be obedient. In order to make them obedient a prince must inspire his subjects to fear him. A prince must rely on fear rather than love‚ because‚ love is not strong enough to compel a person to act against his or her own self-interest. In order
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Italy under the Medici family of Florence. Considering the circumstances‚ The Prince should be read as a satire just for the underlying reason of why it was written. Machiavelli had a hidden agenda; he was selfish. Machiavelli was exiled from his country and wanted to try to get back into politics by helping Lorenzo de’ Medici. Machiavelli constantly preaches how one must live for ones self because men are inherently evil. He wrote The Prince
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William Shakespeare and Niccolò Machiavelli are arguably the most gifted writers of the sixteenth century. At times‚ one cannot help but notice certain parallels between Shakespeare’s plays and many important themes found in Machiavelli’s work‚ The Prince. In this text Machiavelli gives guidance on how to become a successful leader or ruler and then consolidate that power. One Shakespearean hero that can be considered a Machiavellian is Henry in Shakespeare’s famous play Henry V. He can be considered
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Machiavelli writes in The Qualities of the Prince‚ that it is better to be a miser and slightly disliked for a while than to be generous and be liked for a while than hated. If you’re a generous prince you can only be so for a short time before having to raise taxes and having people realize that you’re not that generous in all reality. Once a prince gets a reputation for being hated he will feel any slight unrest of his people. On the other hand if a prince is miserly from the get go he will be
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this is where Claudius meets Machiavelli’s traits. Machiavelli believes that it is acceptable for a Prince to do whatever is needed to keep his title‚ and that is what Claudius attempted to do. He believes in the means to an end‚ which ended up failing in his favor. Although Hamlet’s plan to get revenge on Claudius did not go the way he planned‚ he proved in the end that he possesses many of the characteristics Machiavelli believes a Prince should have. Hamlet showed that
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Bibliography: BusinessWeek 1998‚ ‘How Jack Welsh runs GE ’ [Online] Accessed 1 May 2006‚ Available at http://www.businessweek.com/1998/23/b.3581001.htm Philosophy pages 2001‚ ‘Machiavelli: Principality and Republic ’ [Online] Accessed 30 April 2006‚ Available at http://www.philosphypages.com/members/journals/journal_spr0109.asp Shakespeare‚ W. 1992‚ Hamlet‚ 11th edition‚ Maskew Miller Longman‚ Cape Town. Theta‚ P. 1995‚ ‘The Importance
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I. Introduction A. Intro of the Intro 1. Define the Renaissance (“The Renaissance was a cultural and intellectual movement that not only introduced new ideas such as individualism‚ secularism and humanism‚ but also led to the rediscovery of Roman and Greek culture.”) 2. Set the scene w/ dates‚ places‚ etc (roughly 14th-17th century‚ beginning in Italy then spreading to the north & the rest of Europe) 3. Introduce the idea of how fantastic the art‚ visual and literary‚ were. Segue into the thesis
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would be one of which who show trustworthiness‚ mercy‚ religiousness‚ etc.‚ all of which are good traits. On the contrary‚ according to Machiavelli‚ the ideal prince would at most show none of these traits and yet seem to possess them all at once. The ideal prince for Machiavelli would be one who is cruel and prudent and is more miserly than liberal. Machiavelli feels that an ideal prince would be cruel enough to bestow enough fear upon his subjects that he would gain respect‚ while at the same
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