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    Machiavelli The Prince

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    Machiavelli’s, “The Prince”, exemplifies an early depiction of several “modern” ideological principles that would sustain and preserve nations (especially after the separation of the church and state) in the sixteenth century. In this critically acclaimed work, Machiavelli satirically bequeaths a map of qualities that princes should steadfastly uphold and advance. Expressly, the qualities mapped out are frequently criticized as, “crafty, cunning and unscrupulous methods by which a prince can acquire and

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    Machiavelli The Prince

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    Written in 1513, The Prince gives advice to princes on how to expand and maintain political control. The author, Nicolló Machiavelli, spent a big part of his life studying history and different political situations. He put together a little book and sent it to Lorenzo the Magnificent, the governor of Florence. This gesture was done to grant Machiavelli a position in the Florentine government and get respect from the powerful Medici family. In the treatise, Machiavelli analyzes historical and hypothetical

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    Machiavelli The Prince

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    “The Prince” is a well considered political treatise written in 16th century Europe that has been studied extensively over the centuries. The author, Niccolò Machiavelli, was a great Renaissance thinker and politician living in the Renaissance city Florence. In “The Prince” Machiavelli advises the reader on how a ruler should/should not govern and preserve his country and how one should conduct himself in front of his people. He then supports his opinions with examples from history of various leaders

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    The Prince Machiavelli

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    In The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is a book about how to rule and keep and maintain your state. Machiavelli talks about the different types of states ruler can rule and how they can they can be obtained for example a hereditary principality which he inherits. Another type of state is a mixed principality which the ruler can get because he has taken them over. The 3rd type are new principality and it can be attained by a person’s own power, the next is by the power of others, the following way

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    Machiavelli The Prince

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    Contemporary politicians use the work of Niccolò Machiavelli as a guide to successfully lead a country to a better future. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a writer and a civil servant who wrote a book called, “The Prince” during the Italian Renaissance. He wrote this book on how to rule the people of his country and dedicated, “The Prince” to Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of Florence, Italy at the time. The guidelines on to how to rule (govern) a country are given clearly and accurately and provides

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    The Prince by Machiavelli

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    conquer, an exiled Machiavelli wrote the book The Prince to give politicians a basis on how to rule a nation and as a way to continue to make a statement in Florence’s politics. The book itself was unlike the regular “mirrors for princes”, in a sense that instead of telling the prince how to be morally sound it told him how to be effective as a ruler. Within the book there were three characteristics that were expressed that can be considered of high importance for every prince/ruler. These three

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    In The Prince, Machiavelli doesn’t hesitate to recommend that a ruler employ conventionally immoral methods against his own subjects to maintain authority over them, but he does imply that whatever a ruler does should ultimately benefit the community. A Prince’s actions may be cruel, manipulative, or otherwise immoral, but they put him in the position to govern. On occasion, Machiavelli even suggests that gaining power through immoral acts is the best way to improve a community because immorality

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    The Prince Machiavelli

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         Niccolo Machiavelli, one of the great political minds of the 15th century, accomplished what many mathematicians today only dream of, having one’s name used as an adjective. To be Machiavellian is to demonstrate characteristics of expediency, deceit, and cunning and as Machiavelli wrote in, The Prince, these are the qualities of a great leader. The Prince was published in 1531, creating great controversy with other political thinkers of the time. Machiavelli completely ignored the

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    The Prince Machiavelli

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    ethnical, political climate, social status and current events. Understanding the context behind the piece can help the reader achieve the greater meaning lying within the piece. One such example of this is found within The Prince, an advisory work completed by Niccolo Machiavelli. With the intention of bettering his country, this advisory work provided the high nobility of Italy a take on rule that would allow one to effectively control and gain the respect of his subjects through means that we would

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    I have always found great interest in the infamous Niccolo Machiavelli and his ways of thinking; my eye was drawn to him long before I knew I would be studying at Colorado State and even before I had any interest in politics. It was from young man know as Tupac Shakur, and let me tell you it is great to finally understand who Machiavelli is and the things he has done for the outlook on politics after hearing about how much respect and praise he got from the iconic rapper of the 1990s. In this paper

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