Borgia

Borgia, the Duke of Romagna, came to power through the help of his father, and his virtue enabled him to keep this power. Machiavelli consistently declares Borgia as an exemplary leader through his use of effective leadership skills and ambition. For example, when he found the people thought of him as excessively cruel, he wanted

Machiavelli writes The Prince centuries after Plato documents Socrates in Crito and The Apology. Despite the different time periods, both Machiavelli and Socrates experience times of turmoil where the concept of democracy was questioned. However, the different time periods cause the views and purposes of Machiavelli’s writing to largely differ from Socrates. Machiavelli writes in a time of turmoil where Italy was a bunch of small, fragmented states and when the Medici’s struggled to regain power

The Prince Questions: 1. Describe the political situation that prompted Machiavelli to write The Prince. The political situation that prompted Machiavelli to write The Prince was that Italy wasn’t a unified country yet. It was a bunch of city states. 2. Identify and discuss three major themes in The Prince. One of the three major themes of the Prince would be Hatred. For a prince to remain in power he would have to avoid the hatred of all the people. It wasn’t necessary for a prince to be loved

In the prince Niccolo Machiavelli stressed that “one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than love. At first i did not agree with this statement as it seemed absurd and a little too far fetched. I was under the assumption that a feared ruler would be detrimental to society as being feared would take away the ability to actually communicate and connect with one's subjects. Not only in the political world but in the business

The Qualities of the Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is “one of his most celebrated works” (Prince 219). Machiavelli’s work includes two contrasting forces called luck and character. When Machiavelli mentions luck, he means one’s fortune, chance, or fate. Machiavelli also includes character; one’s virtues or life values. Machiavelli writes about how a Prince should be. Many princes are considered extremely virtuous or extremely cruel: one cruel, another merciful; one treacherous, another

Machiavelli was a public servant who wrote a political treatise addressed to the prince mainly touching on governance issue and also the stagnation of power. The Machiavelli treatise is mainly based on the identification of a leader as a source of power. Machiavelli addresses his work mainly to the prince. According to Machiavelli a prince must have glory and power over all surrounding lands, leaders and kingdoms. Machiavelli philosophy accepts the use of cruel and immoral means to achieve the results

Virtù is the human energy or action that is contrary to the idea of luck. Although Machiavelli did not exclude the idea of goodness or virtuous behavior in the word, it does not necessarily include it, either. Virtù is the skill, talent, or ability administered toward the achievement of certain goals, and according to Machiavelli, the most significant quality for a prince. Even villains such as Agathocles or barbaric rulers like Severus can possess virtù. It can be inferred from Machiavelli’s work

how Borgia, also known as Duke Valentino, held onto Romagna through deceit also further represents Machiavelli’s views. Borgia wanted to get rid of his unloyal troops of the Orsini because he feared they would fail him. After attempts of trying to eliminate the troops, Borgia turned to manipulation. He showered Paolo Orsini, the head of the Orsini house, with gifts and money to win over the favor of Paolo and his troops. Now won over, the Orsini troops accepted an invitation to where Borgia resided

than just the rare skill of recognizing the path of Fortune. To be a truly notable ruler, or human being in general, one must go beyond recognizing and preparing a plan to actually taking action. This is the point at which Pope Julius II and Cesare Borgia are praised by Machiavelli. Pope Julius entered his rule at a time when "the temporal powers of the Pope were little

yet Shakespeare presents his perspective in a dramatic representation. Shakespeare reveals a similar notion to Machiavelli in relation to authority and leadership through the character of Antony. Antony uses a similar strategy to Machiavelli and Borgia by effectively manipulating Brutus and the plebeians for his own benefit. Shakespeare set Julius Caesar in Ancient Rome to portray the concerns prevalent in Elizabethan England. This era consisted of a patriarchal hierarchy which created the opportunistic