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  • Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli is perhaps one of the most influential political philosophers in history. Machiavelli's greatest piece of writing The Prince presents a view that is completely paradoxical to the accepted model on how a ruler governs his or her state. Where as most people felt that a ruler should be a kind and adored ruler, Machiavelli holds a very derogatory view on the nature of human beings and feels that rulers would have more security

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Janna
  • Essay on Niccolo Machiavelli

    Essay on Niccolo Machiavelli

    Essay on Niccolo Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli recommends a very practical course of action for the prince: obtain power by direct and effective means, which is necessary. In the story “The Qualities of the Prince” by Niccoli Machiavelli, the concept “The ends justify the means” is saying that a prince should hold absolute control of their territories, and they should use any means of resort necessary to accomplish this end, including violence and deception. In this

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli is a great influence on many poloticians, philosophers, and leaders alike. His name has also come into our grammer as Machiavellian or Machiavellism meaning a brutal or realist view of something perhaps not the most moral of methods but it is effective. In Niccolo Machiavelli's day and age he was one of the few that could read and write literacy was left primarily to preists and poloticians. He was oviously a very skilled

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Victor
  • The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli

    The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli

    In The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli presents a view of governing state that is drastically different from that of humanists of his time. Machiavelli believes the ruling Prince should be the sole authority determining every aspect of the state and put in effect a policy which would serve his best interests. These interests were gaining, maintaining, and expanding his political power.1 His understanding of huan nature was a complete contradiction of what humanists believed and taught.

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Artur
  • Conduct of War: Thomas More and Niccolo Machiavelli

    Conduct of War: Thomas More and Niccolo Machiavelli

    Conduct of War: Thomas More and Niccolo Machiavelli Thomas More, in his creation of Utopia, brings to life a world where the best and worst qualities of a society are to be found. Looking at their conduct of war, More paints a picture of society that sees war as being incredibly below humans, even with his claim that "humans are more addicted to it than any of the lower animals." Throughout the narrator's, Raphael, explanation

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Vika
  • Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    The Italian Renaissance is known for its birth of many notable philosophers, including the famous Niccolo Machiavelli. He is, without a doubt, one of the greatest political thinkers to have ever existed, and his ideas and beliefs have been an inspiration and motivation for many famous leaders. Although he has known to have been a positive influence on mankind, Machiavelli has also distinguished a bad reputation that has been unfairly given to him because of

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Mike
  • Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Throughout the course of time, history has witnessed countless thinkers, philosophers and intellectuals. These men of learning have contributed in the psychological evolution of mankind, by posing innovative theories on subjects as diverse as life, religion, spiritualism and systems of governance. Some of these men were praised; others were maligned and slandered, whereas a few were out-rightly condemned as heretics. However, the fact remains that all of these men, no matter how controversial in their

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Way a Prince Should Act According to Niccolo Machiavelli

    The Way a Prince Should Act According to Niccolo Machiavelli

    The Way a Prince Should Act According to Niccolo Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli was a bright political philosopher who questioned how power could be controlled within its own state. He had come up with various unique ideas that may compel or move people within the Renaissance or even in society today. The book Niccolo Machiavelli wrote, The Prince, focuses on how a monarchy should be organized in order to be successful. Some of his ideas are

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469, in Florence, Italy. He eventually became a man who lived his life for politics and patriotism. Right now, however, he is associated with corrupt, totalitarian government. The reason for this is a small pamphlet he wrote called The Prince to gain influence with the ruling Medici family in Florence. The political genius of Niccolo Machiavelli was overshadowed by the reputation that was unfairly given to him because

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    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: Janna
  • Niccolo Machiavelli "the Prince"

    Niccolo Machiavelli "the Prince"

    Around 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli while writing "The Prince" would not be considered a theologian. When thinking of Machiavelli many people confuse him together with the names of rulers who have abused his writings. It also seems other people confuse Machiavelli with the rapper who took his name. Either- way people confuse Machiavelli it seems they fail to look at his true message, bettering the state and the greater good. Machiavelli may seem evil to some

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Steve
  • A Women of Castiglione's the Courtier and Machiavelli's the Prince

    A Women of Castiglione's the Courtier and Machiavelli's the Prince

    Essay on Woman Leader Machiavelli and Castiglione both present the epitome of perfection in their topics of leadership and the way a women should be, respectively. In the case of Castiglione's work, it is stated by signor Gaspare that "...in the way people sometimes hanker after things that are impossible and miraculous, rather then explain them you (Magnifico) have wished them into existence." This quote is true of both excerpts. Both have created idealisms that

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Machiavelli

    Machiavelli

    "The term Machiavellian refers to someone who is unscrupulous, cunning, cynical, and unprincipled"(Goods 1998). Many scholars agree that this particular adjective would have dismayed Niccolo Machiavelli, the man from whom the term is derived. In reality he has been attributed as being one of the brightest lights of the Italian Renaissance through his works as not only a writer, but also as an influential philosopher of history and political thought. His most famous work The

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Machiavelli: Violence as a Powerful Tool

    Machiavelli: Violence as a Powerful Tool

    Securing power and order of a state has been the focus of ancient political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli’s writings. His most famous writing “The Prince” fortified his untraditional views on how to successfully rule a state. He recognizes through his realist views, that human nature causes a need for any degree of violence required to maintain power, and order in a state. This paper will expose how Machiavelli viewed violence as a necessary, yet moderated tool

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Machiavelli's Prince

    Machiavelli's Prince

    Machiavelli’s “Prince” is a unique historical work, as a letter written to Lorenzo Medici, but most of the work is meant for anyone who is able to understand. While the book was meant to serve as a guide for what characteristics the ideal ruler of a country would hold, he also hoped that the letter would bring him back in favor of the Medici’s who had previous exiled him. Machiavelli never dictates what or who

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Steve
  • Plato V. Machiavelli

    Plato V. Machiavelli

    Is a just person the best choice for a ruler; many philosophers have laid out different ways in which they believe a society should be ran whether it be a single ruler such as a prince or multiple rulers like philosophy kings. Machiavelli intended for a society/principality to be ruled a strong ruler whether he be just or unjust, moral or immoral; whereas Plato believed for a society to work a just ruler such as

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Vika
  • Machiavelli’s the Prince

    Machiavelli’s the Prince

    The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian statesman and author and prominent figure of the Renaissance, was born on May 3rd, 1469. His father was Bernardo di Niccoli, who belonged to an impoverished part of an old Florentine family, and there is little recorded about his youth. It was in the independent city-state of Florence that he began an active career as a politician as a young man, becoming part of important diplomatic missions throughout Europe.

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Andrew
  • President Machiavelli Bush

    President Machiavelli Bush

    President Machiavelli Bush George W. Bush, our current President, must keep a copy of Machiavelli’s most celebrated work, “The Prince “(1513), on his desk in the Oval Office. In my opinion, Bush and his administration’s actions mimic Machiavelli’s advice to the Prince on the tactics that he should use to stay in power. I am going to discuss how President Bush uses Machiavellian principles. My first example is of Bush’s “War on Terror”. In 2001,

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: regina
  • Machiavelli’s the Prince

    Machiavelli’s the Prince

    In chapter 21 Machiavelli writes about how a leader should bear himself so as to acquire reputation. He gives an example of a Spanish king who in the beginning of his reign attacked Granada. The king was able to keep his barons occupied with the war abroad while he built his reputation at home, leading to increased influence over his subjects. Machiavelli also asserts it is important for leaders to make their allegiances know in

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Vika
  • Introducing Machiavelli

    Introducing Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469, in Florence, Italy, he went through his childhood peacefully with no regrets while receiving the best humanist schooling of his day. After returning to Florence in 1494, Machiavelli witnessed the oligarchic rulers of Florence, who ruled for many decades, fall. The French invaded Florence, the Medici’s were banished in disgrace by angry citizens. The republic lasted from 1494 to 1512. Its effective ruler in the first

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Bred
  • An Introduction to Machiavelli

    An Introduction to Machiavelli

    Niccolт Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian historian, statesman, and political philosopher, whose amoral, but influential writings on statecraft have turned his name into a synonym for cunning and duplicity. Born in Florence on May 3, 1469, Machiavelli entered government service as a clerk and rose to prominence when the Florentine Republic was proclaimed in 1498. He was secretary of the ten-man council that conducted the diplomatic negotiations and supervised the military operations of the republic, and his

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Plato Vs Machiavelli

    Plato Vs Machiavelli

    Of the many disparities between Plato and Machiavelli, the distinction of virtue versus virtu sticks out like a sore thumb. Virtue was the political bases for Plato: All men should behave virtuously at all times. Whereas Machiavelli believed virtu was the basis for political prowess. What was best for the state as a whole was the main concern, and the ends always justified the means. Plato’s object was the creation of a utopian society--a civilization

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Machiavelli Different Positions on Government

    Machiavelli Different Positions on Government

    Throughout modern history societies have debated as to which is the ideal form of government rule. All the major philosophers have put forth their thoughts and ideas on politics as described in their published works, yet these philosophers could not agree on the single ideal form of government. In some instances philosophers even disagreed with themselves as described in the different texts that they wrote. For example, the political thinker/philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli, described two radically

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Machiavelli’s Teachings

    Machiavelli’s Teachings

    President George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 January 17, 2003 Dear Mr. President, My name is Clifford I. Cazeau and I am writing to you to advise you about the way your politics are working. In my ninth grade World History course we have been studying the ways and politics of Machiavelli. As an assignment in the class, we are required to advise you about your troubles of not

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Machiavelli’s Ideals

    Machiavelli’s Ideals

    1) Soon after the Savonarola regime fell, one of the first to lose their jobs was Braccessi. Machiavelli replaced his post as the second chancellor of the Florentine republic as the republic of Florence sought to fill the most prestigious seats in the city government with humanists. Soon after this regime fell, Machiavelli was accused of contributing to anti-Medici sentiment. He was tortured but maintained his innocence and was eventually freed, exiled to a location

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Machiavelli: Principality and Republic

    Machiavelli: Principality and Republic

    Machiavelli: Principality and Republic Among the most widely-read of the Renaissance thinkers was Niccolт Machiavelli, a Florentine politician who retired from public service to write at length on the skill required for successfully running the state. Impatient with abstract reflections on the way things "ought" to be, Machiavelli focused on the way things are, illustrating his own intensely practical convictions with frequent examples from the historical record. Although he shared with other humanists a profound

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Jack

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