Rulers

Throughout class one of the major themes has been what qualities make the best possible ruler. Two of my favorite philosophers, Plato and Machiavelli, although very different both attempt to give an answer of what makes a good ruler. Plato’s Philosopher King and Machiavelli’s Prince share their similarities and differences, but in the end Machiavelli paints a more realistic picture of a ruler which makes his prince more favorable. In order to understand why Machiavelli’s Prince may be more appealing

The ruler drop test is used to measure a person's reaction time. Which is the time taken for an athlete to react to a stimulus or an event. The equipment needed to measure this is a 1-meter long ruler and a calculator. The person to be tested stands near the edge of a table, resting their elbow on the table so that their wrist is extended over the side. The assessor holds the ruler vertically in the air between the index finger and thumb of the subject, but not touching. The zero mark should

Great Rulers and What Makes Them Successful What makes a great ruler? Several great powers in history including Cyrus of Persia, T’ai-tsung, the Duke of Valentine, and Agathocles will be analyzed in order to attempt to answer this question. Based on three readings, these questions will be answered: 1. What are the personal qualities of Cyrus and T’ai-tsung? What is it about these personal qualities that made them successful rulers? 2. How does

comparing Tao-te Ching to The Prince there are numerous differences. The authors of these two documents had almost completely opposite ideas of how a ruler should behave and how a government should be run. One believed that the ruler could accomplish the most by doing the least; the other believed that by controlling how the public perceived a ruler was what would make him a success or a failure. Machiavelli believed that to rule the prince must do things that would win approval with his people

The Rule of St. Benedict and Beowulf both provide images of an ideal ruler and an ideal subject. For the Rule of St. Benedict, they are the good abbot and the proper monk. In Beowulf, the good warrior-king and the loyal members of his warrior band. These images of the ruler and subject of each book are very similar and different as well as show the bad view of rulers and subjects and the books show the value systems of those writing the texts. These pieces of literature, how different they may seem

Being a female in itself is hard, but being a female ruler, well that is almost near impossible, but it can be done. Look at empress Wu and Pharaoh Cleopatra, they were powerful rulers. They both worked hard but they also did have their differences, such as their ascent to power, achievements, resources and overall method of ruling. When it comes to these two women and there ascent to power it is two different stores to start but they tend to overlap. For example Empress Wu was only able to be near

Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince is a book that examines the qualities and strategies required for a ruler in order to maintain power. Despite being composed in the 16th century, the ideas presented are applicable even to mythical kings from texts over a thousand years ago. Throughout the story of Seneca’s Oedipus, substantial connections could be made between Oedipus and The Prince’s ideas of rule, such as methods in acquiring principalities, channeling subjects’ fear, the use of cruelty and controlling

Machiavelli where as it is for Plato, since Machiavelli has seen it all happen before his eyes. Where as Plato has no experiences to relate all his theories with. Although Plato and Machiavelli have one similar content which helps us understand that a ruler is needed to rule a city

Many people believe that the best type of ruler is a kind and good ruler. In the article “23 Traits of a Good Leader”, both Nancy Clark, author of “18 Holes for Leadership”, and Darcy Eikenberg, a leadership and workplace coach in the Red Cape Revolution commonly believe that true leaders have humility, the

Ideal Characteristics of Plato’s Guardians The characterisitics of the ideal guardian is summarized in those words by Socrates in the second book of the Republic : “[H]e who is to be a really good and noble guardian of the State will require to unite in himself philosophy and spirit and swiftness and strength. . .” Swiftness and strength is deemed necessary as the guardian is to be like a well-bred watchdog, who ought to be “quick to see, and swift to overtake the enemy when they see him, and strong