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In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

This paper examines the importance of political fortune in this analysis of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli consisting of 5 page...

In ten pages this essay considers human nature from the perspectives of Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli. Two sources are ci...

In ten pages this paper examines how Machiavelli perceived women and how they are perceived by past and present society. Nine sou...

In five pages this paper applies the different philosophical perspectives of Machiavelli, Rousseau, and Kant in the retelling of t...

In five pages this report considers this little known 1531 work by Machiavelli and argues that it presents a complete picture of t...

In a paper consisting of five pages Erasmus's In Praise of Folly and The Prince by Machiavelli are compared. Two sources are cite...

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

speech offers a concise picture of the Athenian perspective on government, the social order and the citizens role in that order. H...

leadership. Leadership is more than simply doing what the people say they want. It is acting to fulfill the needs of the people in...

With the new currency, there is fear that the EU will focus on trade over security issues. In the past, Europe has had a lot of pr...

culpable. It is true that many other nations, such as France, opposed the war effort in Iraq. Did the U.S. overstep its bounds? Wh...

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

are implications in relation to political leaders and others who rule. Clearly, Machiavelli sees politicians differently than he s...

off track and nothing is accomplished. When he talks about "logistics" its fair to assume that he means things like making sure th...

course, many will argue with this precept, suggesting that the people should rule regardless. Yet, I believe that the people would...

a prince ... cannot observe all of those virtues for which men are reputed good, because it is often necessary to act against merc...

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

government. In fact, there are many theories and ideologies rendering leadership, and then there is Machiavelli. Much of Machiavel...

and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...

Concerning war for example, Machiavelli (1515) writes: "With us there is great justice, because that war is just which is necessa...

been misled but they are not necessarily evil. That Machiavelli is misunderstood is not surprising. His works are brash and leaves...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

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 ...

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

as well as the people. When one views the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for example, one hardly thinks ab...

themselves. This is common sense, but such political writings were rather rare in his day whereas today, politicians are continual...

In five pages this paper discusses power and leadership concepts according to the perspectives of Niccolo Machiavelli. Three sour...

ground, whether that is through dialectical discourse or reason (1994). Barber claims that neither approach leaves any room for po...

can look at contemporary examples to prove this point. For instance, there is something called an intervention in twelve step prog...