The term "Machiavellian" is defined as being conniving, duplicitous, efficient, and calculating. This term derived its origin from the philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. But was Machiavelli actually deserving of this expression? Through both building up my arguments, and ne...

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Machiavelli's The Prince was a practical effort based on his worldly experience and observation of human nature. It was a work so simple in its idea that it was profoundly effective and has become a "cornerstone of modern political philosophy."(Chew 1) In order to understand how trul...

For close to five hundred years, the name Niccolo Machiavelli has held a place in history and in philosophy that has been hotly debated for centuries. Some say that Machiavelli is the true statesman and his books hold the key to the most efficient form of governing, while others call him a barbaric ...

In 1517 Niccolo Machiavelli wrote one of the most famous dissertations on power to date, entitled The Prince. His insights on the elements of power include the struggles for every level of power, from strategies performed by world leaders to the executive struggling in the corporate world. The id...

BENDING MORALITY In the past, many writers and philosophers have concocted stringent guidelines on how humans, as servants of God, should properly conduct themselves. These elite thinkers, such as Augustine and Dante, are deeply religious and vehemently scorn those who stray from the Lord....

Niccolo Machiavelli is probably at one and the same time one of the most read and one of the most widely misunderstood of any of the political philosophers of the renaissance in Europe whose ideas are still considered relevant and in active circulation today, indeed, as Leo Strauss has note...

It may not always begin as a conscious decision, but it remains clear that there are strong influences on works stemming from previous writings that manifest themselves in major concepts that have undergone changes across time. We can see multiple instances of these influences between Nicolo Machia...

When reading Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, one can't help but grasp his argument that ordinary morality and politics cannot exist in the same forum. However, when examining Machiavelli's notions in depth, one can conclude that perhaps a moral end fuels his suggested use of force ...