virtuous‚ and intern receive some positive purpose in life? In Machiavelli’s The Prince he states “A Prince (Phil) should not necessarily avoid vices such as cruelty or dishonesty if employing them will benefit the state. Cruelty and other vices should not be pursued for their own sake‚ just as virtue should not be pursued for its own sake: virtues and vices should be conceived as mean to an end. Every action the prince (Phil) takes must be considered in light of its effect on the state‚ not in terms
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The Prince MAJOR THEME Machiavelli had a true and abiding love for Florence. He wanted to make Florence great and also find himself a job‚ as he lost his when the Medici family came into power. He dedicated his book on political science‚ The Prince‚ to Lorenzo Medici in the hopes that Lorenzo would be impressed and offer him a job. However‚ Lorenzo ignored the book and Machiavelli. The Prince is a didactic examination of political power‚ how to achieve it‚ maintain it‚ and expand
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Prince Hal appreciates his youth by living a life of stealing and spending much time with his companion of robbers. He also knows that he must become the responsible leader that his father wants him to be. He plans to be mature and impress those who did not believe he can be a responsible king. After he has a conversation with his father‚ the King he makes a goal to prove it to his father that he can be that mature responsible leader his father wishes to see by promises to kill the leader or the
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promises‚ and avoiding being hated. The first quality introduced by Machiavelli is the duty of prince on preparing military. This quality is important because if the prince is not willing to prepare a troop to protect himself and his country‚ he is showing the people that he does not care for his or his country’s safety‚ which will cause a great concern to his people and lose their support on him. A prince should be concerned for his safety at all times since if he dies‚ there might not be another
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The Prince‚ one of the most popular and well known doctrines of political thought was also one of the greatest works of Niccoló Machiavelli. First published in 1513‚ The Prince was written in response to the failure of the Greek-based Italian city-states. Machiavelli wrote The Prince because‚ despite being a firm Republican‚ he was also well-documented as a strong patriot. He wanted that his people live under a free but effective government‚ but he decided that if his nation has to be ruled by
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The Prince Quotes Political: • “…and in the actions of men‚ and especially of princes‚ from which there is no appeal‚ the end justifies the means.” Pg. 94 Meaning: As long as your end result is good‚ your way to get there‚ no matter how brutal‚ cruel‚ cunning‚ etc‚ will be justified. • “…when dominions are acquired in a providence differing in language‚ law‚ and customs‚ the difficulties to be overcome are great…one of the best and most certain means of doing so would be for the new ruler to
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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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Samantha Meyers 01/20/13 Wld Hist. HN Pd. 2 Prince Metternich Prince Metternich was born in Coblenz on May 15‚ 1773. He owed most of his early education to his mother because his father showed no interest in his education. In 1788‚ Metternich enrolled in Strasbourg University He served as foreign minister of the Austrian Empire from 1809 to 1848 and restored Austria to its former power after the devastating Napoleonic Wars. He held continuous office in European affairs for almost 40 years
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Geoffrey Royce Rojas (born May 11‚ 1989)‚ known by his stage name Prince Royce‚ is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Bronx‚ New York. At an early age‚ Royce took an interest in music and into his teenage years‚ began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen‚ Royce met Andrés Hidalgo‚ who became his manager. Hidalgo later introduced Royce to Sergio George‚ who immediately signed him to his label after hearing three of his demos.In March 2010‚ he released his
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this is from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy
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