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In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

This paper examines the importance of political fortune in this analysis of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli consisting of 5 page...

In ten pages this essay considers human nature from the perspectives of Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli. Two sources are ci...

In ten pages this paper examines how Machiavelli perceived women and how they are perceived by past and present society. Nine sou...

In five pages this paper applies the different philosophical perspectives of Machiavelli, Rousseau, and Kant in the retelling of t...

In five pages this report considers this little known 1531 work by Machiavelli and argues that it presents a complete picture of t...

In a paper consisting of five pages Erasmus's In Praise of Folly and The Prince by Machiavelli are compared. Two sources are cite...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

can look at contemporary examples to prove this point. For instance, there is something called an intervention in twelve step prog...

been misled but they are not necessarily evil. That Machiavelli is misunderstood is not surprising. His works are brash and leaves...

government. In fact, there are many theories and ideologies rendering leadership, and then there is Machiavelli. Much of Machiavel...

as well as the people. When one views the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for example, one hardly thinks ab...

Concerning war for example, Machiavelli (1515) writes: "With us there is great justice, because that war is just which is necessa...

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

ground, whether that is through dialectical discourse or reason (1994). Barber claims that neither approach leaves any room for po...

but who was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI ("Cesare Borgia," 2005). He was an Italian General but would resign to becom...

speech offers a concise picture of the Athenian perspective on government, the social order and the citizens role in that order. H...

are implications in relation to political leaders and others who rule. Clearly, Machiavelli sees politicians differently than he s...

be stuck with high budget deficits. Economics aside, Ronald Reagan is considered an excellent leader and polished president. His...

themselves. This is common sense, but such political writings were rather rare in his day whereas today, politicians are continual...

leadership. Leadership is more than simply doing what the people say they want. It is acting to fulfill the needs of the people in...

With the new currency, there is fear that the EU will focus on trade over security issues. In the past, Europe has had a lot of pr...

In five pages this paper discusses power and leadership concepts according to the perspectives of Niccolo Machiavelli. Three sour...

off track and nothing is accomplished. When he talks about "logistics" its fair to assume that he means things like making sure th...

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

culpable. It is true that many other nations, such as France, opposed the war effort in Iraq. Did the U.S. overstep its bounds? Wh...

a prince ... cannot observe all of those virtues for which men are reputed good, because it is often necessary to act against merc...