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In seven pages this paper examines how war was viewed by Machiavelli and Plato. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....
This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Thomas More's book Utopia with The Prince by Machiavelli. The writer considers what More'...
In five pages this paper uses The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli in support of the argument that power is a condition of capacity r...
This paper analyzes the role of commoners in various governments from the 1500s through the 1700s as portrayed by the literary wor...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...
In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...
In a paper consisting of five pages Erasmus's In Praise of Folly and The Prince by Machiavelli are compared. Two sources are cite...
experienced difficulties with your own people. While there will be dissension in government, and people will give opinions that ar...
reasons, among them the reaction of fear and disbelief. John Stuart Mill addressed the fatalism of his age by theorizing the prin...
In six pages this paper examines how Machiavelli and contemporary writers would regard the Athenian Doctrine or Thesis. Four sour...
In five pages this paper applies the different philosophical perspectives of Machiavelli, Rousseau, and Kant in the retelling of t...
In ten pages this paper examines how Machiavelli perceived women and how they are perceived by past and present society. Nine sou...
taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...
warning regarding change: "Changes in estate also issue from this, for if, to one who governs himself with caution and patience, t...
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 ...
design a society that people might like. For example, in terms of sexual repression, Mores Utopia would allow people to see one an...
of his less knowledgeable subjects. There were several basic principals that Machiavelli put forth for his new princes-to-be. Fir...
leadership. Leadership is more than simply doing what the people say they want. It is acting to fulfill the needs of the people in...
In five pages this paper discusses power and leadership concepts according to the perspectives of Niccolo Machiavelli. Three sour...
themselves. This is common sense, but such political writings were rather rare in his day whereas today, politicians are continual...
The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...
be stuck with high budget deficits. Economics aside, Ronald Reagan is considered an excellent leader and polished president. His...
are implications in relation to political leaders and others who rule. Clearly, Machiavelli sees politicians differently than he s...
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...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...
the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...
can look at contemporary examples to prove this point. For instance, there is something called an intervention in twelve step prog...
and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...
a dramatic shift in perception in regards to fortune, and what was once believed to be a pre-ordained right was now considered to ...
Concerning war for example, Machiavelli (1515) writes: "With us there is great justice, because that war is just which is necessa...