Machiavelli entering into evil In chapter VIII‚ Machiavelli believed that the necessity of being cruel is really important for the princes or leaders. He does not hesitate to support the necessity of cruelty and crime in founding power; however the cruelty has to be limited; otherwise the princes will be hated. Machiavelli argued that cruel acts must be committed only as necessary‚ but all at once and then ceased‚ so that the populace will forget them. “Hence it should be noted that in talking
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Role of War in Society Stephanie Young Both The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and Utopia by Thomas Moore examine the role and the importance of war to maintain a strong and successful society. More (via Hythloday) believes that war should be the last option and is not needed in a safe and happy government without the help of auxiliaries and mercenaries while on the other hand‚ Machiavelli believes that war plays a crucial war in a prosperous and thriving society using other troops
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important centers in Italy and France representing Florence‚ Niccolo learned much about courtlife and lordship in France and was greatly influenced by an Italian general named Cesare Borgia whos style specalized in self reliance‚ firmness‚ and occasional cruelty. The attributes of Cesare greatly appealed to Niccolo because Cesare had great success expanding his city states using these tactics. Eventually the Medicis returned with help from the spanish and conquered Florence disrupting the republican
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he lauds Cesare Borgia’s tactics in the conquest of Romagna. Cesare found the region in a state of anarchy‚ so he “placed there [...] Remirro de Oro‚ a cruel‚ efficient man‚ to whom he entrusted the fullest powers” (24). However‚ Remirro was too cruel so Cesare had him killed and “one morning‚ [he] was found cut in two pieces on the piazza at Cesena” (24). Only then‚ Machiavelli states‚ the people of Romagna were at peace and swayed to be under Cesare’s control. As a counterpoint to Cesare‚ Machiavelli
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Practically nothing is known of Nicolo Machiavelli before he became a minor official in the Florentine Government. His youth‚ however‚ was passed during some of the most tumultuous years in the history of Florence. He was born the year that Lorenzo the Magnificent came to power‚ subverting the traditional civil liberties of Florence while inaugurating a reign of unrivaled luxury and of great brilliance for the arts. He was twenty-five at the time of Savonarola ’s attempt to establish a
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effect in 15th and 16th century Europe with many people trying to copy and adapt the ideals set forth by Machiavelli. The leaders‚ Cesare Borgia‚ Louis XII of France‚ and Charles I of Spain all made attempts at copying the principles of Machiavelli‚ but all failed through their allowance civil war‚ misevaluation of the power of others‚ and inability to rule alone. Cesare Borgia is a 16th century Italian noble who much of Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ is based off of. He was born in 1475 to Pope Alexander
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Virtue 1: Machiavelli‚ in dedicating the work to Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ reminds the young prince that greatness awaits him because he is endowed with both fortune and admirable qualities. Machiavelli uses the term "virtue" to describe the positive qualities of a prince. In Daniel Donno’s notes‚ he writes that virtue is a word which "implies physical and mental capacity-intelligence‚ skill‚ courage‚ vigor-in short‚ all those personal qualities that are needed for attainment of one’s own ends." (p. 125)
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Machiavelli’s "Prince" is a unique historical work‚ as a letter written to Lorenzo Medici‚ but most of the work is meant for anyone who is able to understand. While the book was meant to serve as a guide for what characteristics the ideal ruler of a country would hold‚ he also hoped that the letter would bring him back in favor of the Medici’s who had previous exiled him. Machiavelli never dictates what or who the ideal prince is‚ but he continually offers examples and advice‚ which is often immoral
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Machiavelli: The Realist Political realism did not become a popular concept until it was discussed by Niccolò Machiavelli‚ making him one of the most influential philosophers. According to another philosopher‚ Francis Bacon‚ Machiavelli was “the founder of a new‚ objective science of politics‚ concerned not with what should be‚ but with what is‚ not with hopes and fears‚ but with practical realities” (Wootton XXXVII). Machiavelli’s handbook for princes‚ titled The Prince‚ takes the world as it
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Although Borgia gained his power through his father‚ Pope Alexander VI and lost it through the same‚ Machiavelli uses his actions as advice for new princes. He hopes that princes to come will strive to do as Cesare Borgia did. “I do not know what better teaching I could give to a new prince than the example of his actions...whoever judges it necessary in his new principality to secure himself against enemies... can find no fresher example than the actions of
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