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This paper examines Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius. The author discusses Machiavelli's views on...

In five pages this paper considers the similarities between these great thinkers in a comparative analysis of Galileo's Starry Mes...

This paper discusses the ways in which freedom is portrayed in Machiavelli's The Prince. This six page paper has four sources list...

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

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

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

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

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

character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. The book is essentially about how a leader can be at his best. While it is tru...

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

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...

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

This essay presents an overview of how love is used thematic in various texts, which includes Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Can...

he went about pursuing his own objectives to the detriment of the German people.3 However, in analyzing Hitlers rule over Germany...

murder should be ignored, a modern ruler might consider keeping local laws, and living in the land that over which one rules. The ...

virtue is something that people can live with on a daily basis. Virtue is equated with doing the right thing in the present. Ideal...

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

In four pages this paper examines the philosophical insights each of these works offer. Five sources are cited in the bibliograph...

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...

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...

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

reasons, among them the reaction of fear and disbelief. John Stuart Mill addressed the fatalism of his age by theorizing the prin...

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

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...

In twenty pages this paper discusses how the statesmanship concept of Niccolo Machiavelli manifests itself in Parts One, Two, and ...

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