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between both extremes. The fundamental theme of "Utopia" is the determination of the best state for a commonwealth, the b...

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

Dantes (1999) Florentine origin, one first must ascertain the reasons why people are drawn to his work. Is it that poems are enjo...

the most intelligent way to go about ruling a community or a state. But, as indicated in the introduction, there are places where ...

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

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

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

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

those often aligned with Eastern thought. Yao & Yao (1998) write: "Here are yang and yin [two cosmic forces]: thus humans have the...

This 4 page paper gives an overview of human nature as it relates to religions of the world. This paper includes a discussion of h...

that it allows the reader to realize that all aspects of human interaction have an element of sales - selling an idea, a process, ...

a variety of human factors have all served as a focus for study and research in a number of areas. Because language is one of th...

Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...

rather than singular pleasures. He had an obligation to answer grievances, to hear both sides of a story and to reach some type o...

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Thomas More's book Utopia with The Prince by Machiavelli. The writer considers what More'...

In six pages this essay seeks to better understand the French Revolution through an application of the theories contained in Machi...

In two pages this paper assesses which of these theories would be most successful in terms of company operations. Two sources are...

In seven pages this paper examines Chapter XV of The Prince in a consideration of how it criticizes the political philosophy descr...

has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists find in his works deep insights as to the nature of...

This paper consists of five pages and presents a critical analysis of the political text that was first published in 1513. Two so...

he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...

virtue. Niccolo Machiavelli lived between 1469 and 1527 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). Born in Florence h...

In Machiavellis view, it is mans desire to attain the unattainable, which is the greatest threat to humanity. As soon as he accep...

realistic appraisal of the people they were expected to lead (Ahsan, 2002). Machiavelli detailed what he considered to be ideal l...

is not the impression one gets from reading The Prince," for according to Oldham it "becomes clear to the reader that Machiavelli ...

of his less knowledgeable subjects. There were several basic principals that Machiavelli put forth for his new princes-to-be. Fir...

who studied the conditions of power, political struggle, and warfare. As such, we note that this is where his authority stems from...

to vote for them, even though another candidate is more qualified. Suetonius writes in the Twelve Caesars something akin to Pri...

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

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