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The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli: Fear, Love And Power

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Nico Yamin
Professor Kuhn
FYP
19 September 2017
Prompt 3.

Machiavelli: Fear, Love & Power

Niccolo Machiavelli’s stance on leadership in The Prince is a polarizing topic. Some interpret it as Italian poet Ugo Foscolo did, “a realist or pragmatic work that seeks to enlighten the citizenry.” Conversely, Leo Strauss found the work unethical and denounced Machiavelli as “a teacher of evil.” In the book, I found strong evidence to support Strauss’s view. Machiavelli’s The Prince was intended to demonstrate the best ways to exercise power. But it really argued that in order to use and pursue power, one must dismiss all ethics and morals.
In Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, Machiavelli sets forth guidance for leaders to use as they vie for ruling

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