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He saw the changing world and the things within it as mere shadows or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, e...

This paper discusses Machiavelli's, The Prince. The author addresses Centaur Chiron's role, political themes, and lessons that ca...

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

a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

is clearly stated. Locke see that all land was commonly owned and the property of all of mankind, and as such there is a natural s...

This paper addresses Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy in terms of how ambition affected society during the Roman Empire. This fiv...

In five pages this paper examines the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes in a comparison of their social contract th...

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

that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...

injustice...have no place" (2001). Hobbes argued that during this period in human development it was common experience that each m...

This paper discusses the ways in which freedom is portrayed in Machiavelli's The Prince. This six page paper has four sources list...

In five pages Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is referenced in a discussion of the philosopher's perspectives rega...

On five pages this report considers Locke's subdivision of human ideas into relations, modes, and substances within the context of...

In four pages this paper discusses how morality is humorously depicted in Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters, Machiavelli's Madragol...

In five pages the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Robert Penn Warren is analyzed within the context of Machiavelli's observation '...

identity in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Section 9 Book II, Chapter XXVII). Yet, Locke gathered his ideas from talkin...

In three pages an analysis of Tod Hackett's character is the primary focus of this comparative novel and film analysis of Day of t...

In five pages Solomon's leadership is evaluated in accordance with Machiavelli's assessment to achieve a positive conclusion. The...

This paper contends that Machiavelli's collected works laid the foundation for the beginnings of modern political science. This te...

fond of reminding us that the state of nature is an analytic, metaphorical, and rhetorical device - stressing individualist, const...

basis of this essay (1995). He maintains the blank state hypothesis, believing that people are born with minds akin to a blank, wh...

a prince should behave and when behavior is justifiable. The author also to an extent addresses the nature of man. At least one ca...

but weak, and Medici was allowed to return to power (2000). Machiavelli was dismissed but was soon afterward imprisoned, and sub...

of society. However, Hobbes is also making the assumption that human beings will able to ascertain what is the correct way of doin...

King of France in 1589 (2000). He was raised in the Protestant faith and "he settled the religious question by adopting Catholicis...

In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...

for the people. Leadership and theories of leadership have come a long way since Machiavellis time. Heider (1986) claims that lea...

In six pages the realist theory and Machiavelli's political influence are examined within the context of the contemporary war with...

science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...