that a ruler has to rule with force. In actuality‚ Machiavelli means no such thing‚ he says that there are times when the common good outweighs the means‚ and the morality of a rulers actions. He also says that you cannot be loved by everyone‚ so try to be loved and feared at the same time‚ but of the two‚ choose to be feared. The Prince is considered to be one of the most important of nonfiction literature written in the history of mankind.
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Machiavelli describes the relationship between the ordinary citizens and the nobles‚ which are the upper classes from aristocratic families. The nobles want to oppress the people‚ and the people want only to avoid oppression. As a result‚ of the opposition between the two groups results in the establishment of anarchy. The prince comes to power through the favor of his fellow citizens and it is important that a prince created by the people must retain the people’s loyalty. On the other hand‚ if the
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Assignment#2 THE HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF Many deem the concept of virtue an important one in the thought of Niccolo Machiavelli. Essentially‚ not only deepness of the meaning of virtu‚ but also Machiavelli’s work on it brought out a large scale of meaning. So that‚ in the Prince almost ten different meanings of virtu explained. Besides direct understanding of the word‚ Machiavelli put some other meanings and compares them with fortune. Main subject is to show how a prince succeed and maintain this
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had numerous values such as humanism‚ secularism‚ individualism. The Renaissance separated into two different paths‚ the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance. Two famous figures of these Renaissances were Machiavelli and Thomas More. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was known as “the father of modern political theory”‚ he was born in Florence. He was a politician‚ historian‚ philosopher‚ humanist and a writer. He was part of the Italian Renaissance. Thomas More was an English lawyer
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Tough Love “If you have to make a choice‚ to be feared is much safer than to be loved” (46). Niccolò Machiavelli declared this in The Prince while explaining how to be an extraordinary leader. If leaders are feared they will be respected by their people and other countries‚ thus keeping justice and maintaining control. If a leader is feared‚ they will receive respect from their people and other countries. People will not turn against the leader‚ but if the people love him they would
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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
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Machiavellian Characteristics in President Snow “When you disarm the people‚ you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence and both of these opinions generate hatred.” - Niccolo Machiavelli President Snow of the book Hunger Games is definitely of Machiavellian personality. He keeps his friends close‚ but his enemies closer. He forces innocent children to kill other children for entertainment. He keeps the people from the
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In The Prince‚ Machiavelli states that it is better to be hated then loved as a leader. I disagree with him‚ and say that it is much better to be loved then hated. There are certain people‚ like Alexander the Great and Caesar who were loved when they ruled‚ there is human nature that affects the way people respond to things‚ and how a prince treats his people. Through out the ages there have been many good and bad rulers. Some of them ruler by fear‚ but some‚ like Caesar and Alexander the Great
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Machiavelli Machiavelli lived during the Renaissance era of the Medieval times. In this time period many concepts and ideas were being reborn‚ including the Christian faith. He lived during a time period in which the people of the time thought of the Black Plague as a symptom of judgment upon the sinfulness of the land. These same people began to scourge themselves in order to express their sorrow and therefore remove God’s judgment laid upon them. Although Machiavelli lived long after the fall
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towards the foreign policy. Moreover‚ he is concentrate on the advocacy of human rights‚ though this work is contentious. Machiavelli will think Putin is a great leader. Because in Machiavelli’s book‚ he points that if a prince wants to keep his power and land‚ the most important thing is shows a tough and strong attitude to his people‚ also to other countries. Machiavelli said Scipio is a bad Emperor because he gave much freedom to his army. From the policy we just talk about‚ obviously Putin is
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