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    courageousness of the heart, they are basic and great, and that if just left to the methods for the world, they all will live basic and great lives without aspiration, longing, or need. “Act for the people’s benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.” (214) Machiavelli did not energize the thought in confiding in the ones that lead, however, “[…] men are a sorry lot and will not keep their promises to you, you likewise need not keep yours to them.” (230) He hoped for strategy, injustice, and unlawfulness from

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    The Prince The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli provides an analysis on how to govern and maintain power in a principality. In the first five chapters, he defines the three ways a monarch can acquire his dominion: either he inherits it, whether he creates a new one, or annexes territories, and further discusses how to govern them. Machiavelli states that hereditary principalities are less problematic than the mixed ones since newly acquired dominion tend to be more rebellious. The ruler must therefore

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    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

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    Machiavelli was one of the first “modern” political thinkers in the late 1400s and early 1500s. He addresses to a government with principalities, in which the power is either inherited or the power is attained through wickedness. Machiavelli’s is definitely a teacher of wickedness. Some of his ideas were very evil such as in chapter eight, Machiavelli states “These methods are when, either by some wicked or nefarious ways, one ascends to the principality…”(39) He clearly states, if an individual

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    Machiavelli Essay In life as a manager, it is important to know what kind of people work under you. One biggest thing about thriving as a manager is making sure you hire the right people to work under you. When I worked at Walmart as an Assistant Store Manager, I looked for several different traits in the applicants I interviewed because the person I pick reflects on me as a manager. I wanted a person that is dependable, with integrity, and a people person. Once I selected the right person,

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    society, even when monarchies are no longer the primary form of government. The Prince is substantially relevant to contemporary society in today’s age because of its relation to events such as North Korea, World War II, and more. First of all, Machiavelli illustrates on p. 16 how important it is to create a foundation for a civilization: “He who has not first laid his foundations may be able . . . to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building

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    character” (Shanzer 1). Although both critics’ descriptions of Brutus have merit, Brutus’ shortcoming, as well as the success of the opposing leader, Mark Antony, is more accurately explained using the observations of Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince. In this book Machiavelli outlines the characteristics of a successful leader. When using The Prince as a lens to read Julius Caesar, the correlation between a leader’s Machiavellianism and their success becomes very apparent. Marcus Brutus is undoubtedly

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    would criticize the writings of their counterparts. For example, where Machiavelli would write about what it took to be a powerful leader, Locke would focus on what it took to be a fair leader. Additionally, Marx and Engels could say they disagree with Locke’s thoughts on private property. Machiavelli’s tone throughout The Prince was pessimistic. He believed humans were only capable of evil and deceit. One

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    Niccolo Machiavelli once said, “Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is safer to be feared than loved.” This quote is explaining how one cannot fear and love in the same percentage, with the same passion, at the same time. The worldview offered is that both are a definitively perfect. However, he is writing about reality, and in a reasonable state, goals are practically difficult to accomplish. Because of this, the ruler must comprehend that conditions

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    that have made an impact with their writings on answering these questions are Plato’s The Republic, and Machiavelli’s The Prince. These two philosophers both had a different approach to the role of the government and their role on each individual. Machiavelli states that the government's main function is to remain in a perfect state. The whole reason for the existence of a state is to serve the people and not the other way

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