Issues 18 September 2012 Compare Lao Tzu’s and Machiavelli’s view of “the people”. How does each author’s conceptualization of “the people” affect what kind of government they support? Life experience‚ culture‚ language‚ time of living and many other factors affected Lao Tzu’s and Niccolò Machiavelli’s views on how an ideal leader ought to govern a country. These views‚ expressed in their texts‚ reflected on how these writers perceived the fellow men. Lao Tzu is a Chinese philosopher and founder
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writings and Lao-Tzu’s opinion Lao-Tzu’s writings offered a basis for Taoism‚ a religion officially founded by Chang Tao-ling in about 150 A.D. However‚ the Tao-te Ching is an ethical document as much as about good government as it is about moral behavior. Niccolo Machiavelli was an aristocrat who had his ups and downs according the shifts in power in Florence. His writings encourage a prince to secure power by almost any means necessary. Lao-Tzu’s Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching and Niccolo
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The Qualities of a Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli In The Qualities of a Prince‚ Niccolo Machiavelli discusses the attributes that he believes make for a good leader. Although Machiavelli wrote The Qualities of a Prince centuries ago‚ some of the qualities he advises a prince to have can be adapted to the leaders of today. Some of these qualities include being generous and being feared by the public. Machiavelli claims that if “generosity is used in such a manner as to give you a reputation
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Machiavelli argues in his “The Qualities of a Prince” that a leader is required to know the land and physical combat in order to properly govern and protect his country. Machiavelli is wrong in this because I believe that the President of the United States of America is more than capable of governing and defending his country without military experience. Some stress that the president of America is required to have military experience in order to fit the role of Commander in Chief. That may have
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if followed‚ will remove all stress and chaos from life‚ mirroring the
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Lao Tzu idea and concept of what makes a proper leader and how the government should work is extremely different than Niccolo Machiavelli. Lao Tzu’s view is the ruler believes that to gain respect and love from people‚ you should give them their freedom‚ don’t force rules on them or even act powerfully. But at the same time Machiavelli’s view of the good leader is that the prince should maintain his power by having a powerful and structured government and strong rules so he could have an overall
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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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Option #2 D Hart Dr. King And Lao-Tzu King and Lao-Tzu both had the same views but different actions. Their views consisted of eagerly wanting the world to become a better place. They wanted equal rights and righteous leaders. Their believes did not consist of taking sides. To them what really mattered was to have everyone be equally content. Even though King and Lao-tzu did not ever meet‚ there is thought to be a possibility that Dr. King could have read Lao-tzu’s writting. Thus they both believed
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Nicolo Macchiavelli and The Prince At the end of the 14th century‚ Italy was still politically organized by city-states. Emerging as one of the most influential writers of the Renaissance‚ Niccolo Machiavelli was a political analyst‚ whose aim was to free italy from foreign rule‚ as well as to unite and strengthen the Italian city states. Machiavelli believed Italy could not be united unless its leader was ruthless. In 1513‚ he wrote his best-known work‚ The Prince‚ in which he describes the
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Chapters IIV - THE PRINCE Summary Chapter I: The Kinds of Principalities and the Means by Which They Are Acquired Machiavelli describes the different kinds of states‚ arguing that all states are either republics or principalities. Principalities can be divided into hereditary principalities and new principalities. New principalities are either completely new or new appendages to existing states. By fortune or strength‚ a prince can acquire a new principality with his own army or with the arms
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