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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 ...

can look at contemporary examples to prove this point. For instance, there is something called an intervention in twelve step prog...

government. In fact, there are many theories and ideologies rendering leadership, and then there is Machiavelli. Much of Machiavel...

Concerning war for example, Machiavelli (1515) writes: "With us there is great justice, because that war is just which is necessa...

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

the most intelligent way to go about ruling a community or a state. But, as indicated in the introduction, there are places where ...

This book review is on Terry Alford's text Prince Among Slaves. which relates the biography of Ibrahima, an African prince who was...

This essay presents a discussion of Hamlet's character. The writer argues that Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet focuses on...

different ways: either by a prince, with a body of servants, who assist him to govern the kingdom as ministers by his favour and p...

In four pages this paper examines the philosophical insights each of these works offer. Five sources are cited in the bibliograph...

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...

who studied the conditions of power, political struggle, and warfare. As such, we note that this is where his authority stems from...

is not the impression one gets from reading The Prince," for according to Oldham it "becomes clear to the reader that Machiavelli ...

of his less knowledgeable subjects. There were several basic principals that Machiavelli put forth for his new princes-to-be. Fir...

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

but who was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI ("Cesare Borgia," 2005). He was an Italian General but would resign to becom...

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

In two pages this paper assesses which of these theories would be most successful in terms of company operations. Two sources are...

This paper consists of five pages and presents a critical analysis of the political text that was first published in 1513. Two so...

has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists find in his works deep insights as to the nature of...

virtue. Niccolo Machiavelli lived between 1469 and 1527 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). Born in Florence h...

In seven pages this paper examines Chapter XV of The Prince in a consideration of how it criticizes the political philosophy descr...

In Machiavellis view, it is mans desire to attain the unattainable, which is the greatest threat to humanity. As soon as he accep...

realistic appraisal of the people they were expected to lead (Ahsan, 2002). Machiavelli detailed what he considered to be ideal l...

to vote for them, even though another candidate is more qualified. Suetonius writes in the Twelve Caesars something akin to Pri...

he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

it and hold it, are equated in contemporary society with the most ruthless of dictatorship, that is, leadership that is characteri...

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

works are associated with royalty, power, and leadership. In Dr. Faustus, it is magic that leads the protagonist to a rich and po...