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

a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...

This paper addresses Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy in terms of how ambition affected society during the Roman Empire. This fiv...

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 ...

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

people. Machiavelli contends that every ruler does not want to be mean or cruel leader and rather, they want to be merciful (58)....

a prince should behave and when behavior is justifiable. The author also to an extent addresses the nature of man. At least one ca...

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

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...

King of France in 1589 (2000). He was raised in the Protestant faith and "he settled the religious question by adopting Catholicis...

but weak, and Medici was allowed to return to power (2000). Machiavelli was dismissed but was soon afterward imprisoned, and sub...

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

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

(4e). Intrigued by this conclusion, Socrates implores Euthyphro to share with him his definition of piety, distinguishing betwee...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

much that it has immeasurably been altered. Who was Socrates and why was he so influential? Socrates was a Greek philosopher who ...

as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...

In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...

In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Socrates' views on morality with those of Friedrich Nietzsche as expressed in Birt...

In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...

the soul. In understanding the influence the pre-Socratics had, it is beneficial to consider some of the major questions and the ...

threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...

soul has two principal parts. The first part of this argument is that nature inevitably follows a cyclical pattern. All vegetatio...

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...