Essays 61 - 90
with the following excerpt: "Under the equator, and as far on both sides of it as the sun moves, there lay vast deserts that were ...
to use almost any means to achieve his ends that has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists fi...
who studied the conditions of power, political struggle, and warfare. As such, we note that this is where his authority stems from...
is not the impression one gets from reading The Prince," for according to Oldham it "becomes clear to the reader that Machiavelli ...
the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....
that same year his friend and critic Francesco Guicciardini, Papal Commissary of War in Lombardy, hired him in two minor diplomati...
too saw that the people needed leadership. The general public was thought not quite capable of making the big decisions. While Mac...
terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...
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...
He did not believe that methodology was particularly important as different rulers have different styles. Above all, Machiavelli b...
Concerning war for example, Machiavelli (1515) writes: "With us there is great justice, because that war is just which is necessa...
or socialism. More realized that it would be hard to find an established model to point to and so he created his own. More explain...
the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and that any ...
seems to possess a great deal of truth. According to Machiavelli, the conventional wisdom is that a prince "should try not to ins...
perhaps never let on that they were manipulating people and lying to them. With such a simple illustration at hand, and underst...
concern the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and t...
the most intelligent way to go about ruling a community or a state. But, as indicated in the introduction, there are places where ...
toy and so she takes him home. The child learns that he cannot get everything he wants and he is well taken care of as his mother ...
In four pages this paper examines the philosophical insights each of these works offer. Five sources are cited in the bibliograph...
greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...
sense. After all, it is a comedy and many comedies at least hint at politics. The author also points out that Mandragola is not a ...
end all of leadership. Leadership is more than simply doing what the people say they want. It is acting to fulfill the needs of th...
of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...
society, that notion would not be true. MACHIAVELLI: In my view, the people are the most important concern and not the legacy of ...
The Prince, it is clear that they came from a multitude of places, but most notably from the example of Borgia. Some ideas would c...
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 ...
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 ...
In two pages this paper examines how to run a company by applying the theories contained within the Tao te ching and The Prince. ...
In two pages this paper assesses which of these theories would be most successful in terms of company operations. Two sources are...