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

In Machiavellis view, it is mans desire to attain the unattainable, which is the greatest threat to humanity. As soon as he accep...

virtue. Niccolo Machiavelli lived between 1469 and 1527 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). Born in Florence h...

as much narrative, as documentary, as historical or human horror. Horror not from the aspect of grade-B movies, but the reminder ...

soldier Cesare Borgia, who was at that time engaged in enlarging his holdings in central Italy (pp. 443). Much of what Machiavelli...

In ten pages this paper discusses Malthus' An Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Paine's response in The Rights of Man, ...

- such as whenever he needed funding for one of the many wars he was fighting. This constant in-fighting between the English mona...

Machiavelli had been imprisoned by the opposing Medici and he saw how the conflict between politicians can destroy what issues are...

the evolution of revolutions. Firstly, an overall faith in the existing political and ruling system decreases and the intellectual...

reforms to France, however, it did not make France a democracy. The socioeconomic structure of pre-Revolutionary France was at th...

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

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

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

In nine pages capitalism in its many forms are examined in terms of Oprah Winfrey's philanthropy, G.B. Shaw's play Major Barbara, ...

You will encounter many obstacles, both within your own government and from other nations. You should be careful to surround yours...

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

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

This paper addresses various tenets of Machiavelli's political theories and details how and why they are still relevant today, hun...

In five pages this paper considers the similarities between these great thinkers in a comparative analysis of Galileo's Starry Mes...

This paper addresses Machiavelli's attitudes and perspectives regarding Italy's common citizens as expressed in The Prince. This ...

This paper discusses Machiavelli's views on women, gender, and politics as demonstrated in The Prince. This five page paper has tw...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...