Nicolo Machiavelli is a well known philosopher of the Italian Renaissance from the sixteenth century. The return of the Medici family in Florence in 1512 forced Machiavelli out of office‚ and he wrote The Prince after retiring from the public. The Prince is one of his most famous works‚ it describes the means by which a new leader may gain and maintain power. His ideas can be applied to new rulers ranging from a new principal to a new president of a new country. While discussing his ideas for new
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Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian historian‚ politician‚ diplomat‚ philosopher‚ humanist‚ and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was for many years an official in the Florentine Republic‚ with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He is recognized as the founder of modern political philosophy. Machiavelli was considered a "realist" because he concerned himself only with the political situations that actually arose in reality‚ while previous philosophers were concerned
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Thomas More‚ Niccolo Machiavelli‚ and John Calvin are three theorists who share and justify their views on the relationship between the state and religion. More‚ the Catholic‚ Machiavelli‚ a critic of the Catholic Church‚ and Calvin‚ the Protestant‚ all believe that religion is a very important element of the state. However‚ More and Calvin also believe that religion can constrain rulers as well as support them‚ which ultimately leads to their conclusion that the arbitrary use of power by the state
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Niccolo Machiavelli was a creator of political theories in the 1500’s. He served the Republic as a diplomatic negotiator and as a military supervisor. When Florence went back to a monarch system‚ the Medici family return to power and exiled Machiavelli for his past criticisms that he made towards the family. Machiavelli then wrote "The Prince" to complement the Medici family and as a way to regain their approval. A good leader is a person who after leaving his/her country leaves his/her people content
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very intriguing and different position on politics‚ Niccoló Machiavelli’s‚ The Prince‚ highlights key points of Machivelli’s structure of how princes/ and or pundits should govern their land. His political philosophy explains that an ideal prince is not a generous and kind representative of his people; rather he is one who will do anything in order to achieve his goals. As a fifteenth century historian‚ diplomat and humanist‚ Niccoló Machiavelli believed that religion should not be added to the political
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Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 –1527) was an Italian historian‚ politician and philosopher based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of modern political science‚ and more specifically‚ political ethics. He wrote his masterpiece‚ The Prince‚ which is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern political philosophy in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that
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this Renaissance The term “Machiavellian” was first coined by Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli but the late rap artist Tupac Shakur has also used the term in his lyrics. Machiavelli was a historian‚ politician‚ diplomat‚ philosopher‚ humanist‚ and writer based in Florence‚ Italy during the Renaissance. Tupac Shakur was a gangster rapper‚ drug dealer‚ poet‚ activist and actor born on the streets of East Harlem‚ New York. These two come from very different backgrounds but they use the term in
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Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ also known as Il principe‚ is a short treatise for Renaissance leaders on how to acquire and maintain political power (Kuiper‚ “The Prince”). It is a reflection of his political experience‚ a collection of advice Machiavelli had learned over the course of his political career. This essay will first explain and analyze the key ideas of The Prince and Machiavelli’s method of expression before putting the book in the larger context of the Renaissance and its contemporary
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ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLES FOR LEADERSHIP AND RULE SEEN IN THE WORK OF NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI How far is Machiavelli and advocate of a republic and republicanism? INTRODUCTION The History of Republics and Republicanism has been interpreted in numerous ways leading to the ambiguity seen in the modern world of what a republic really stands for and what are its principles. The same can also be said about Niccolo Machiavelli. His work The Prince has been interpreted in many different fashions
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forced to grant that his (Machiavelli’s) teaching is diabolical and he himself a devil‚ we are forced to remember the profound theological truth that the devil himself is a fallen angel. - Leo Strauss‚ “Thoughts on Machiavelli” (1958: 13) The sheer infamy Niccolo Machiavelli has drawn to himself in the five centuries since he wrote The Prince underscores the fact that he was no political infant. On the contrary‚ he has been called‚ amongst other things‚ a ‘great sinner’ (Dostoevsky‚ cited in
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