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    The Prince is a straightforward and educational book written by Niccolò Machiavelli to properly illustrate and advise princes on how to run their territories. Despite being a short book it took me many days to read because of the language used and how in depth the book goes into, what I thought, were some pretty mundane topics. I’m not familiar with how royalty is expected to govern, so I found it difficult to comprehend the politics that Machiavelli described. I discovered, quite quickly, that most

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    In this paper, I will examine Niccolo Machiavelli’s claims in The Prince that dictatorial power drives most princes. Machiavelli discusses the differences between shared and dictatorial power. The dominant power is to never be conquered, even with the possibility for people to attain greater status. In The Prince, Machiavelli discusses two groups of people: the public and the upper class. This paper will uncover more of how Machiavelli creates the distinctions between powers. Machiavelli starts

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    Niccolò Machiavelli: (Machiavelli goes to the Medici Chapels to meet Lorenzo de' Medici to notify him of the arrival of the thinkers) My dear Lorenzo, I have great news to inform you. Lorenzo de' Medici: Yes? Niccolò Machiavelli: (I hope he becomes truly convinced) The thinkers have arrived and will arrive here at two in the afternoon; these men can bring great wisdom to our mighty Italy and help build our great country back again. These men come from different areas of the world and can improve

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    History 18 May 2017 Informative Title (Title alludes to your argument) Despite many people being against his way of thinking, Machiavelli’s way of thinking was brilliant because of his interpretations in The Prince. One of the main reasons why Niccolo Machiavelli was a great leader is because of his dual purpose writings, which led him to success. His most famous book is The Prince,the proof of his brilliant but misunderstood mind. The above mentioned book was originally written to help rulers

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    the United States demands and desires to spend and it also declares the serious plans the nation has. To begin Niccolò Machiavelli’s birth date was on May 3, 1469. His place of birth was Florence, Italy. Machiavelli was an emissary for fourteen years in Italy's Florentine Republic throughout the expulsion of the Medici family. “The Machiavelli family had long served Florence. Niccolo Machiavelli, born to a scholarly father at the dawn of the reign of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was also destined

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    Niccolo Machiavelli’s abstract work of The Prince discusses politics and government and focuses in not only acquiring power, but also how to maintain it. Throughout his work, one of the most prevalent yet disputed themes is between the acquirement of states between principalities and republics. The Prince shows a predominant and constant debate on which group will excel in acquiring power. However, despite Machiavelli’s harsh criticisms on principalities, his work does not solely praise or focus

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    MACHIAVELLI’S LIVED WORLD: SETTING CONTEXT Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince was written in a time of political and civil unrest in Italy. For decades the city-state of Florence suffered several political uprisings and the establishment of new governments. From tyrannical rule to the creation of a democratic republic, and finally the re-establishment of the Medici family, The Prince comes from Machiavelli’s lived experiences in these political regimes. Machiavelli blames the division of Italy into

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    After being exiled, Niccolo Machiavelli began to work on “Il Principe”. He wrote it as a letter to Lorenzo de Medici providing him with the secret to becoming a good ruler and perhaps earn him a position in the Medici government. He explains how to acquire power, create a state, and maintain it. It serves as a guide for political action based on lessons of history and his own personal experience as a civil servant in the Florentine republic. What makes “Il Principe” unique is that the advice that

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    Niccolo Machiavelli lived during a time where Christian doctrine and consequent conceptions of morality reigned supreme. Thus, in The Prince, he seeks to redefine the most basic human instinct as that of acquisition. This restructures or perhaps reasserts society as comprised of the haves and have nots; the coveted possession is not necessarily wealth but ambition to rule. In this sense, he orients the world around the eponymous Machiavellian prince: someone who, very simply, is willing to do what

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    Machiavelli’s “The prince” Machiavelli has many ideas throughout his work. A few of them can definitely translate to current day situations. In Machiavelli’s “the prince” he brings up many key points that people may find very controversial. Some people completely agree and other people think that they're completely irrational and too powerful. Either way you look at it you have a really organized government form that may or may not work in this day and age. Machiavelli addressed in “the prince”

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