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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)....

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...

differences as a central element in maintaining the necessity for particular action. Machiavellis perspectives on morality expres...

ground, whether that is through dialectical discourse or reason (1994). Barber claims that neither approach leaves any room for po...

In seven pages income equality is considered in an examination of post September 2000 Business Week and Fortune business journals....

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 ...

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

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

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

a dramatic shift in perception in regards to fortune, and what was once believed to be a pre-ordained right was now considered to ...

and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...

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...

In six pages the realist theory and Machiavelli's political influence are examined within the context of the contemporary war with...

In five pages this paper discusses power and leadership concepts according to the perspectives of Niccolo Machiavelli. Three sour...

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

concern the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and t...

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