Natalie Shapiro 4/9/13 Lesson 18 Was the Renaissance more Medieval or Modern? Identify : Petrarch‚ Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michangelo‚ Rafael‚ Sofonsiba‚ Castiglione‚ Machiavelli Petrarch: Leonardo da Vinci: A citizen of Florence‚ he did much of his work in Milan and Rome. He is best known for the Mona Lisa‚ a portrait of a strangely smiling young woman in Florence. Michangelo: Began his career as a sculptor in Florence. There he did a famous marble statue of David ‚ after the heroic biblical
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yet at the same time preserve its citizens’ natural right to be free? The ideas from Niccolo Machiavelli‚ an Italian aristocrat‚ who published "The Prince" in 1513 for a Medici prince as a guideline on how to rule a country‚ gives a conservative approach to how one should govern. Henry David Thoreau’s "Civil Disobedience" published in 1849‚ offers a liberal approach on how one should be governed. Machiavelli stresses the importance of maintaining order while Thoreau suggests reform. Although their
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1. Liberality is not always bad and parsimony is not always good; thus‚ the statement provided is false. Machiavelli discusses how liberality must be done to be seen by others in order that the prince is recognized for giving. Yet‚ it is best to practice liberality with another’s money or to practice it by using your own money for campaigns and for defense of your nation. He claims that when using your funds for those purposes‚ it is best when it is due to parsimony to show the people you were prepared
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and protection. Machiavelli and Rousseau have both written popular pieces on the matter of government and the people’s need for it. Despite the fact that Machiavelli and Rousseau take vastly different routes to explain the need for government‚ the human instinct of self-preservation is at the core of both their beliefs. The idea of self-preservation is presented at two different extremes in the Machiavelli’s The Prince and Rousseau’s The Origin of Civil Society. Machiavelli presents self-preservation
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Lao-Tzu‚ Machiavelli‚ and the American Government Lao-Tzu’s "Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching" and Machiavelli’s "The Qualities of a Prince" both have the ultimate goal of making better leaders. The tactics that each writer chooses to present as a guide for the leader are almost opposite of each other. Today’s American government would benefit from a combination of the two extreme ideas. Lao-Tzu’s laissez-faire attitude towards the economy‚ as well as his small scale‚ home defense military
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1. Legal advice to Acme Bikes The situation at hand is related to the rights of a player as well as the contractual agreement between a player and his club. Acme Bikes (AB) is a new team in the UCI World Tour competition. We are presented with a situation where a rider by the name Frits Boy‚ who is the oldest in the team‚has a number of complaints against his team. Firstly‚ the team decided not to field him due to the fact that Fritz has been the slowest rider in the two competitions that the team
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Lao-Tzu and Machiavelli on Government and Those Who Govern Machiavelli‚ in “The Prince” and Lao-Tzu in “”Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching” have very opposing views. In their writings‚ they differ on topics such as qualities of a leader‚ functions of government‚ and human nature and the world around them. Here I will describe each of their views and compare the differences. Both Machiavelli and Lao-Tzu are philosophers writing in regard to Government‚ giving advice in ways that they feel people should
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In his work‚ The Prince‚ Niccolo Machiavelli writes extensively on the manner a leader ought to act in order to gain and retain power in the most effective way. He claims that "the essence of successful government is force and craft" (Gettell 1951‚ 140). Machiavelli illustrates his thought saying that a power broker can become successful if he is both cunning like a fox and ferocious like a lion (Wootton 1996‚ 45). However‚ in the course of this paper‚ I will demonstrate that craftiness and ferocity
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"Prince Hal is the politician‚ while Hotspur is the man of action." To what extent do you agree with this interpretation of the play? Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV Part I’‚ presents the young Prince Henry as an ambivalent and enigmatic character who is politically cunning in his ability to read situations and respond accordingly. He is a man of the world through his association with his friend Falstaff‚ but by the end of the play he has also supplanted Hotspur as a soldier and a man of honour who can
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business starter‚ a very critical task is to access comprehensive information and professional advices prior entering the market. Because human are not almighty‚ targeted research within predefined market segments must be conducted in term of extracting valuable information from massive data. The new entrepreneurs‚ therefore‚ would use analytical research outcome of market data to integrate with the advices from gurus‚ to blueprint the venture and support decision making in every stage of the business
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