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England and Italy's Political Development

a utopian society -- represents a rational philosophy educated by science, motivated by art, and inspired by compassion. Declarin...

Niccolo Machiavelli Characterized in The Prince

realist, above all, when it came to understanding human nature. He was a founder of the philosophy of history, due to his reflect...

Seeing Macbeth Through Machiavelli's Eyes

In six pages the Machiavellian approach is applied to Macbeth and examines the Lord and Lady's actions in comparison with Machiave...

Human Nature as Portrayed in Machiavelli's The Prince

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

Machiavelli's Beliefs on Truth as a Princely Duty

a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...

Oprah Winfrey, George Bernard Shaw, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Capitalism

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

Post First World War Parliamentary Democracies

In five pages this paper examines how after the First World War shifting leadership in Russia, Italy, and Germany resulted in a ra...

Machiavelli's Views on Gender Differences

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

Literature, Humor, and Morality

In four pages this paper discusses how morality is humorously depicted in Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters, Machiavelli's Madragol...

Comparison of Great Thinkers Galileo Galilei and Niccolò Machiavelli

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

Machiavelli and All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

In five pages the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Robert Penn Warren is analyzed within the context of Machiavelli's observation '...

Machiavelli's Views on Commoners

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

Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy and Roman Civilization

This paper addresses Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy in terms of how ambition affected society during the Roman Empire. This fiv...

Machiavelli and Modern Writers on the Athenian Thesis

In six pages this paper examines how Machiavelli and contemporary writers would regard the Athenian Doctrine or Thesis. Four sour...

Paul Johnson's Modern Times

created the modern political zealot--and his crimes--so the evaporation of religious faith among the educated left a vacuum in the...

Freedom and Machiavelli's The Prince

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

Evaluating the Leadership of King Solomon

In five pages Solomon's leadership is evaluated in accordance with Machiavelli's assessment to achieve a positive conclusion. The...

The Nature of Machiavelli

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

An Analysis of Machiavelli's The Prince

of the government was quick and without "civil commotion." But while Machiavelli praises Agathocles on one hand, he also points ...

An Analysis of Leadership in Machiavelli's The Prince

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

Niccolo Machiavelli's Life and Character

that same year his friend and critic Francesco Guicciardini, Papal Commissary of War in Lombardy, hired him in two minor diplomati...

Leadership Concepts

for the people. Leadership and theories of leadership have come a long way since Machiavellis time. Heider (1986) claims that lea...

Machiavelli's The Prince, Fate and Fortune

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 Comparison of Machiavellian and Aristotelian Ideas

too saw that the people needed leadership. The general public was thought not quite capable of making the big decisions. While Mac...

The Political Thought of Machiavelli

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...

Medieval Individuality and Leadership

require freedom. It would not be until much later, during the latter part of the eighteenth century, that the world would see imme...

Comparative Philosophical Analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli, Plato, and Aristotle

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

Machiavelli on Power and Leadership

In five pages this paper discusses Machiavelli's views on the concepts of power and leadership. Three sources are cited in the bi...

Perspective and Wisdom of Niccolo Machiavell

people. Machiavelli contends that every ruler does not want to be mean or cruel leader and rather, they want to be merciful (58)....

Evaluating King Henry IV Through Machiavellian and Other Perspectives

King of France in 1589 (2000). He was raised in the Protestant faith and "he settled the religious question by adopting Catholicis...