Machiavelli's "The Prince" In Machiavelli's "The Prince," Machiavelli is able to express his own theories on how a prince should act in certain situations. His style is known for being different from other philosophers because it is very straight forward and mostly th...

Examples can be one of the best ways to support a claim but they are more effective when they are not used as the sole foundation of an argument. Several people may experience the same event, yet offer contradictory interpretations based on their observations. In Machiavelli's The Prince, Ma...

Machiavelli's recommendations sound as extreme today as they probably seemed centuries ago. When you sit down and think about all the recommendations Machiavelli gave the prince, everything from acting generous in public and being merciless in private to being and expert in the art of war, these id...

Machiavelli's treatment of ethics and morality is amoral. This is so because he simply talks about what it takes to be an effective leader. In no way is Machiavelli promoting immorality. He speaks of immorality acts in order for a ruler to serve the greater good of his people. He looks at polit...

Plato's Republic and Machiavelli's The Prince are each hugely important texts in the history of philosophy. Even though they were written approximately 1900 years apart, they represent two of the most valuable commentaries on political philosophy. They are of course, very different in the...

The Secret of Human Nature Throughout the essay, Machiavelli expresses himself in a manner that could be considered, highly cynical towards man in general. Because of his outlook towards men, Machiavelli informs the Prince that manipulation and the understanding of human nature can be a powerful w...

Machiavelli and SocratesEveryone has their own philosophies to deal with life as it is thrown at them. Machiavelli and Socrates offer guidance to societies so they may succeed, as noble rulers. Machiavelli gives his go get them attitude to help maintain power, which I agree with, and Socra...

Machiavelli goes against the traditional mindset that a prince derived his power from God. Machiavelli believed that the rulers were given no divine right. He said that a ruler achieved his power through his own efforts and skills. The traditional thinkers believed that the ruler had to abide by Chr...

Differences between Aristotle and Machiavelli Of the philosophers that we have studied: Plato, Aristotle and Machiavelli, it is evident that they all have differing opinions about certain concepts. In the following paragraphs I will be discussing the different views of Aristotle and Machiavel...

Machiavelli The Morphing of Machiavellian Ideas In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries the common people relied on the princes of the day for protection. These princes, therefore, exercised absolute power over their state. They had a duty to protect the people and their land, and a self...

Machiavelli's The Prince is an outstanding book. It presents the theme of how to live the good life and be a good Prince. The good Prince is someone who is never afraid. He lives the good life by scaring other people. Machiavelli talks about how the Prince is someone who knows how to be a governor. ...

Machiavelli and Luther have different outlooks on leadership. Martin Luther emphasizes spiritual leadership. On the other hand, Machiavelli tells us that the leader should use force but at the same time understand that the people know who their leader is and to achieve and maintain rule of a socie...

In reading Machiavelli's The Prince, one would gather many insights into the sort of moves a ruler should make and into the mind of Machiavelli. Machiavelli has many topics and gives a lot of advice, but some of his advice is more drastic than others. For instance, Machiavelli states that cru...

The PrinceWhat is Machiavelli's view of human nature?While reading The Prince, I have come to a conclusion that Machiavelli demonstrates a view of governing a state that is so different from that of humanists of his time thought. The humanists of Machiavelli's time believed that an individual had a...

The Prince: Critical Attributes and Issues of ConcernIn 1513, Italian politician Niccolo Machiavelli wrote the book The Prince. The book was written as a handbook for princes. It is written in short, concise paragraphs. According to Machiavelli, he did not use "fine phrases, with swelling, pompou...

In The Prince, Machiavelli was concerned with a principality, a state in which one ruler or a small elite governs a mass of subjects who have no active political life. Machiavelli addresses a monarchical ruler, the Medici, and offered advice designed to keep that ruler in power. He recommended polic...

Machiavelli opens The Prince describing the two principal types of governments: monarchies and republics. His focus in The Prince is on monarchies. Machiavelli notes that monarchs have either just recently come to power, or else they are rulers from a long hereditary line. Thus a state is either rul...

Machiavelli opens The Prince describing the two principal types of governments: monarchies and republics. His focus in The Prince is on monarchies. Machiavelli notes that monarchs have either just recently come to power, or else they are rulers from a long hereditary line. Thus a state is either rul...

Machiavelli's views have been misinterpreted since his book was first written, people take him in the wrong way, and are offended by what he says. Careless readers take him in a completely wrong way, such as they think that he believes that the end justifies the means, that a leader should lie to ...

The Prince Essay When Machiavelli wrote the prince he was depicting two types of rulers, those who were loved and those who were feared. He gives tips and helpful hints on how to gain a principality and keep it safe and as a part of your kingdom. He says that a prince could live in the principali...

In the excerpt "Of the Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, are Praised and Blamed" taken from The Prince, Machiavelli begins examining the principles and manners a prince should follow in relations with his friends, subjects and the people in order to achieve and retain a good ...

In The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the importance of portraying virtues, but not necessarily practicing them. The English dictionary defines virtue as an act of moral goodness. On the contrary, the text defines it as a kind of personal strength and spirit that gives a Prince the power and faith t...

"All the states, all the dominions, under whose authority men have lived in the past and live now have been and are either republics or principalities." In Machiavelli's, The Prince, timeless keys to a successful principality are examined. The keys are understanding human nature, respecting that nat...

Virtù In Machiavelli's The Prince, in order to be a successful ruler, a statesman must possess virtù. The Machiavellian principle of virtù begins with the idea that a ruler must be prudent and cautious, and in times of peace he may be non-violent. Yet, if the situation calls for it, he needs...

Confucius was a humanist, unlike Machiavelli. He examined the past and distinguished the good and the bad. He remembered important information that was to be modeled or serve as an example of what should be avoided.Confucius felt that force regulation by law could set limits for people. However, ...