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The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep- / No more; and by a sleep to...

but who was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI ("Cesare Borgia," 2005). He was an Italian General but would resign to becom...

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

that what is done is not as important as the character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. At the same time, unlike a preach...

say "I know thee not, old man," (V.v.47) dashing any hopes Falstaff had of becoming his confidante and the power behind the throne...

Hythloday understands that princes normally have a nature that enjoys money and war, as stated in the following: "For first of all...

of all possible worlds, at least as he saw it. Much of The Prince looks at the world through the eyes of the monarch. Machiavel...

he went about pursuing his own objectives to the detriment of the German people.3 However, in analyzing Hitlers rule over Germany...

murder should be ignored, a modern ruler might consider keeping local laws, and living in the land that over which one rules. The ...

virtue is something that people can live with on a daily basis. Virtue is equated with doing the right thing in the present. Ideal...

numbers of his Merrymen for strategic and defense purposes. However, expansion brings with it a unique set of problems such as ma...

families, in career and the workplace, for health and contentment" (Wilson). People who have and use emotional intelligence gener...

has no legal obligation to make its financial records public. Heinrich (2007), however, lists the companys one-year total return ...

armies. By the middle of the 16th century, Italy had become a battleground for the ambitions of France and the Empire, and the Ita...

In eight pages this paper applies general systems theory to the relationships and characters featured in the movie The Prince of T...

abuses by their parents. As the book turns to the use of flashback, the reader sees three children, and it becomes clear that thei...

power. For example, Machiavelli points out that the ruler becomes great in the eyes of the people by overcoming difficulties and o...

theory is brought forth numerous times throughout Aristotles well-read and well-quoted Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotles vie...

his true intellect becomes completely clouded over and his ability to understand who and what he is becomes an even more distant p...

This paper examines whether or not Machiavelli's political theories set forth in The Prince can be applied to political situations...

the Ten which he maintained until the fall of the republic in 1512 (Kreis). He was heavily involved in the political actions in It...

but rather as things were at the time. That one shouldnt strive for better is insinuated, but with the reality of the throne, come...

warning regarding change: "Changes in estate also issue from this, for if, to one who governs himself with caution and patience, t...

A Prince with virtu needed people with virtu in his armies to be able to conquer and control others and to maintain an element of ...

forces which existed during his time. Some of those forces could be interpreted as evil, as could the impact they had on Machiave...

design a society that people might like. For example, in terms of sexual repression, Mores Utopia would allow people to see one an...

to use almost any means to achieve his ends that has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists fi...

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

that men with their wisdom cannot direct them and that no one can even help them; and because of this they would have us believe t...