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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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 at past leaders and their
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The political ideals of Niccolò Machiavelli‚ written in his opus‚ The Prince‚ have contributed to the actions of numerous rulers over the course of history. These ideals include "the necessity of national unity based on a common language‚ culture‚ and economy and the preservation of national unity through the concentration and exercise of power by the state." (Adams‚ 31). The above principles had an immediate effect in 15th and 16th century Europe with many people trying to copy and adapt the ideals
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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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very good sense. This connects to the question of whether a leader should be armed. Machiavelli says a leader should be armed or else faces the possibility that someone will take over the government. When I hear this statement I think of it to be very true even in modern times‚ but I don’t think Machiavelli is talking about being armed with weapons. I reviewed the essay many times and found no where when Machiavelli says "a leader should be armed with weapons." A good and well respected leader need
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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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