Lucrezia Borgia

Machiavelli lived from the late 15th century into the early 16th century, best known for his political views in The Prince. Human beings (Man) requires and seeks order. Governments provide order to keep a certain flow in society. This order prevents chaos and allows Man to live day to day as they please under certain restriction. Government is composed of a leader or leaders. The leader is the person or government in charge, while the followers include the people under control (the masses/populace)

The excerpt from Machiavelli’s The Prince is a very curious and polarizing quotation because of the widely debated message that Machiavelli sends: that one must be able to fool people into believing that he/she has good qualities if the person does not have these qualities already. The argument that then follows this is the argument for transparency and truth, one that pertains to everyday situations today. The basis of Machiavelli’s statement is that he believes a leader who pretends to know what

Machiavelli’s The Prince talks about many issues of modern political philosophy, it was written to help rulers stay in power. His common themes are ruling through fear, being as powerful as a lion and as intelligent as a fox, and to maintain the state at all costs. One of the common discussions about his writings is what he means by “one must learn how to not be good.” For what reason should a ruler learn to not be good? He claims that being good and continuing to be good could only make a ruler

For Machiavelli himself, the "bigger objective" was typically not unimportant individual desire yet something like the steadiness or flourishing of a city-state or the unification of Italy under Italian standard. Machiavelli distinguishes the hobbies of the sovereign with the hobbies of the state (a presumption that can unquestionably be addressed!), accordingly directing Renaissance independence. Regardless, Machiavelli was an example of "force legislative issues." The pejorative descriptive word

There are many logical ideas that I was gathered from reading and I am able to conclude that I have a mixed opinion on this subject. Machiavelli's thoughts on being loved rather than feared are very different as he provides readers with examples on why being feared is more important to men than being loved. On the hand, Erasmus focuses on the important factor that being loved and loving plays in determining a good ruler, this is where Machiavelli and Erasmus' views differ. I believe that Machiavelli's

Outside people relations, Vlad embodied one of the most crucial principle Machiavelli stressed in “The Prince,” Principle 10 - How the Strength of All States Should be Measured. Machiavelli believes that for a prince to maintain his control over the state in times of war, he must be ready to fight for his people. Vlad went beyond that by succeeding his predecessors through weaponizing Wallachia for battle and personally leading the charge against neighboring states. His first hurdle was his confrontation

Sixteenth century Western Europe was ruled by kings chosen by divine right. Convincing a nation of people that their king deserves his power because an unseen creator made it so is not an easy task, therefore every action a king makes must be carefully constructed to balance all things that produce a beloved leader. A politician during this time named Niccolo Machiavelli wrote the world renowned book entitled The Prince which advised soon to be kings how to maintain control over their peoples without

For most citizen’s well known by the name, Machiavelli produces a resemblance of brutality and raw reckoning. The commonplace of the Prince, Machiavelli’s most established work, is seen as lectures to dictators and unrighteous people searching to increase and keep power. Merriam-Webster determines Machiavellian as “ using clever lies and tricks in order to get or achieve something: clever and dishonest.” Machiavellian foreign affairs were more distinctly described by Harvey Mansfield in the opening

There are many different ways on how a prince or ruler could come into power and how they choose to rule once in power. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote the book The Prince based on his own personal opinions on how a prince should rule. Machiavelli writes all of his beliefs based on princes and the monarchy in England/France in the fourteenth century. The principalities that Machiavelli wrote about can be compared to many European leaders. One European leader that has some differences to what Machiavelli

Cunning. In politics, there will always be someone more powerful than the prince and there will be times when brute force will not suffice in enabling them. In such situations, the capable prince must be capable of outsmarting the opposition, if they wish to remain relevant. Decisive. The worst thing a Machiavellian prince can do is nothing at all. Neutrality only breeds animosity from both sides of the conflicts. The competent prince must, when tasked with choosing a side, declare their allegiance