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between both extremes. The fundamental theme of "Utopia" is the determination of the best state for a commonwealth, the b...

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

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and the Social Contract of John Locke in a cons...

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

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

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...

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

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Thomas More's book Utopia with The Prince by Machiavelli. The writer considers what More'...

This paper discusses the correspondence between Vettori and Machiavelli in terms of how these letters can lead to a further unders...

power. For example, Machiavelli points out that the ruler becomes great in the eyes of the people by overcoming difficulties and o...

In twelve pages the life of political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli and his important works are analyzed. Four sources are cite...

probably mean not going to prison, and being free). Another way this could be taken is that those who work among citizens groups w...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

as much narrative, as documentary, as historical or human horror. Horror not from the aspect of grade-B movies, but the reminder ...