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to order--cruelty, deception, and force were all justified in his view if these forces accoplished the desired goals. In wielding ...

This paper addresses the political impact of Niccolo Machiavelli's classic work, The Prince. This five page paper has eight sourc...

This paper analyzes Machiavelli's classic work, with an emphasis on chapter twenty-one and the topic of gaining esteem. This seve...

This paper addresses modern leadership issues relevant to Machiavelli's classic work. This nine page paper has seven sources list...

In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...

This paper addresses Nietzche's Machiavelli's views on human nature, politics, and society. This five page paper has two sources ...

This paper examines the historical importance of the Renaissance as it impacted Machiavelli's work, The Prince. This five page pa...

This paper examines Hobbes' work, Leviathan, as well as Machiavelli's, The Prince as they relate to the beginnings of political th...

In five pages this paper examines the leadership construct and the idea of virtue as it is featured in The Prince by Niccolo Machi...

This paper compares and contrasts Machiavelli's The Prince and Plato's Republic. This eight page paper has seven sources listed in...

This paper analyzes the various political theories of Machiavelli's The Prince in terms of manipulating beliefs, the use of rhetor...

In six pages the realist theory and Machiavelli's political influence are examined within the context of the contemporary war with...

for the people. Leadership and theories of leadership have come a long way since Machiavellis time. Heider (1986) claims that lea...

that men with their wisdom cannot direct them and that no one can even help them; and because of this they would have us believe t...

too saw that the people needed leadership. The general public was thought not quite capable of making the big decisions. While Mac...

science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...

forces which existed during his time. Some of those forces could be interpreted as evil, as could the impact they had on Machiave...

of the government was quick and without "civil commotion." But while Machiavelli praises Agathocles on one hand, he also points ...

to use almost any means to achieve his ends that has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists fi...

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

that same year his friend and critic Francesco Guicciardini, Papal Commissary of War in Lombardy, hired him in two minor diplomati...

armies. By the middle of the 16th century, Italy had become a battleground for the ambitions of France and the Empire, and the Ita...

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

the day and time in which they were written. Of course, no true political analyst can be excused simply for that reason. Still, it...

sense. After all, it is a comedy and many comedies at least hint at politics. The author also points out that Mandragola is not a ...

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

that what is done is not as important as the character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. At the same time, unlike a preach...

The Prince, it is clear that they came from a multitude of places, but most notably from the example of Borgia. Some ideas would c...

require freedom. It would not be until much later, during the latter part of the eighteenth century, that the world would see imme...

In five pages this paper discusses Machiavelli's views on the concepts of power and leadership. Three sources are cited in the bi...