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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...

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

murder should be ignored, a modern ruler might consider keeping local laws, and living in the land that over which one rules. The ...

he went about pursuing his own objectives to the detriment of the German people.3 However, in analyzing Hitlers rule over Germany...

virtue is something that people can live with on a daily basis. Virtue is equated with doing the right thing in the present. Ideal...

This essay presents an overview of how love is used thematic in various texts, which includes Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Can...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the assertion of Niccolo Machiavelli that his philosophy is devoid of idealism while critics ha...

also been associated with seriousness and intelligence, however, a man who realized that in order to accomplish a goal one had to ...

This paper discusses the just war hypothesis as it relates to The Prince. This five page paper has no additional sources listed ...

readings in Western political science. The Prince was written in response to the decay of the Italian states-system" (Hoyt, 2002; ...

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

with the following excerpt: "Under the equator, and as far on both sides of it as the sun moves, there lay vast deserts that were ...

This paper compares and contrasts these two works by Shakespeare and Machiavelli. This seven page paper has three sources listed ...

This paper analyzes Machiavelli's classic work, with an emphasis on chapter twenty-one and the topic of gaining esteem. This seve...

This paper discusses the ways in which virtue is portrayed in The Prince. This five page paper has four sources listed in the bib...

This paper addresses modern leadership issues relevant to Machiavelli's classic work. This nine page paper has seven sources list...

This paper examines the issue of rulers and leadership as seen in The Prince. This five page paper has no additional sources list...

This paper examines how Machiavelli utilized history in his work, The Prince. This six page paper has three sources listed in th...

society, that notion would not be true. MACHIAVELLI: In my view, the people are the most important concern and not the legacy of ...

This paper examines Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius. The author discusses Machiavelli's views on...

classical realism and to assess the general ethical issues raised by realism and the relationship between science and politics" (F...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

reasons, among them the reaction of fear and disbelief. John Stuart Mill addressed the fatalism of his age by theorizing the prin...

This paper contends that Machiavelli's collected works laid the foundation for the beginnings of modern political science. This te...

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

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

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

terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...