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meaning; however, it has a totally different meaning if one steals from a prosperous bakery in order to keep ones family from star...

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...

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

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

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

identifies Schopenhauers most distinctive contribution to philosophy as his "insistence that Will is more basic than thought to bo...

theory is brought forth numerous times throughout Aristotles well-read and well-quoted Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotles vie...

lead to irrational ends (Lear, 1995). For Freud who used psychoanalysis to try and account for human irrationality it was determi...

something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...

influential thinkers of the ancient age. Despite their obvious inter-related lives, they still had significantly differing opinio...

or good enough. This individual does not say they have gone out of their way for another, nor have they claimed that they have sto...

benevolent and living God who is infinite in a myriad of ways. Because God is deemed to be dead, Nietzsche sees it necessary fo...

the sense of with aristocratic soul" (Nietzsche, 2002). This development occurred simultaneously with its polar opposite, by whic...

core of humanitys lack of individualism and blind willingness to be part of what he referred to as "the herd." In Nietzsches opini...

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

the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...

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

in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...

The identity concept is explored in this analysis of The Maids, a play by Jean Genet in a paper consisting of seven pages....

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

In thirteen pages this paper considers the Eternal Return of Nietzsche in a consideration of theoretical meaning. Seven sources a...

This paper examines how in Amphiboly of the Concepts of Reflection, Immanuel Kant refutes Locke and Leibniz's theories in 5 pages....

Thomas Hobbes Leviathan, and John Locke in his Second Treatise on Government (Hobbes and See Also Thomas Hobbes Leviathan 1651, 2...

In five pages this paper evaluates the self alienation philosophies of Nietzsche and Marx. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...

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

In six pages which includes a half page outline this paper examines All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren within the context of...

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

In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...

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