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In ten pages this paper discusses virtue and duty as viewed in On Duties by Cicero and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. Three s...

In five pages this paper considers the 'ends justifies the means' position of author Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince. Three sou...

between both extremes. The fundamental theme of "Utopia" is the determination of the best state for a commonwealth, the b...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and the Social Contract of John Locke in a cons...

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

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...

the most intelligent way to go about ruling a community or a state. But, as indicated in the introduction, there are places where ...

In fourteen pages these revolutions are contrasted and compared in order to demonstrate the differences between the American and F...

It is important to remember that the American and French Revolutions occurred within a relatively short period of time. As the Uni...

his most famous sayings is "If God did not exist, he would have to be invented," which we can interpret to mean that man tends to ...

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Thomas More's book Utopia with The Prince by Machiavelli. The writer considers what More'...

This paper discusses the correspondence between Vettori and Machiavelli in terms of how these letters can lead to a further unders...

that "France is revolutionary, or she is nothing at all" (Polasky, 1996, p. 5). As these statements suggest, French history did no...

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

to further examine the statement, however, we must also look at the conditions experienced by the people, experiences which would ...

happened to be the French Revolution. This ushered in a new period where democracy would create a brave new world. France would en...

the political and social upheaval involved in the coming of the French Revolution. He primarily focuses on the political struggles...

different ways: either by a prince, with a body of servants, who assist him to govern the kingdom as ministers by his favour and p...

In four pages this paper examines the philosophical insights each of these works offer. Five sources are cited in the bibliograph...

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 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...

of his less knowledgeable subjects. There were several basic principals that Machiavelli put forth for his new princes-to-be. Fir...

In two pages this paper assesses which of these theories would be most successful in terms of company operations. Two sources are...

to vote for them, even though another candidate is more qualified. Suetonius writes in the Twelve Caesars something akin to Pri...

realistic appraisal of the people they were expected to lead (Ahsan, 2002). Machiavelli detailed what he considered to be ideal l...

is not the impression one gets from reading The Prince," for according to Oldham it "becomes clear to the reader that Machiavelli ...

This paper consists of five pages and presents a critical analysis of the political text that was first published in 1513. Two so...

has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists find in his works deep insights as to the nature of...