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

In six pages this paper compares the political power described in Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince with power in All the King's Me...

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

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

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

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

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

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...

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

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

of favors * Personal appeal: appeals to feelings of loyalty or friendship * Coalition: seeking the aid of others * Legitimating...

of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...

Hamilton really had anything to do with the failure, it still created problems ("Alexander Hamilton"). It had been noted that "the...

the day and time in which they were written. Of course, no true political analyst can be excused simply for that reason. Still, it...

sense. After all, it is a comedy and many comedies at least hint at politics. The author also points out that Mandragola is not a ...

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

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...

The Prince, it is clear that they came from a multitude of places, but most notably from the example of Borgia. Some ideas would c...

This paper examines whether or not Machiavelli's political theories set forth in The Prince can be applied to political situations...

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

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

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

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

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

different styles. Yet, while this may be the case, certainly there must be lines drawn and the author is not quite so critical of...

character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. The book is essentially about how a leader can be at his best. While it is tru...

parallels between the relationship of the monarch to his people and the statesmen to the free citizen. Similarly, Aristotle also...

or socialism. More realized that it would be hard to find an established model to point to and so he created his own. More explain...

but weak, and Medici was allowed to return to power (2000). Machiavelli was dismissed but was soon afterward imprisoned, and sub...

Dantes (1999) Florentine origin, one first must ascertain the reasons why people are drawn to his work. Is it that poems are enjo...