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20 Cards in this Set
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May 3, 1469 in Florence, Italy |
Date & location of Machiavelli's birth |
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Bernardo Machiavelli |
Machiavelli's father who was a lawyer |
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1512 |
Year of exile |
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The Prince (1532) & The Discourses |
Two most influential books of Machiavelli |
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June 1527 (58 years old) |
Date of Machiavelli's death |
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Lorenzo de Medici |
The Prince was dedicated to whom? |
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It exists for its own reasons; to meet its end |
Existence of state |
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Acquisition, retention and expansion of political power; political power is the ultimate objective of the state |
The end of the state |
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Standard of one should not be applied to all |
Certain actions that may immoral or unethical to the church can be accepted & justified if it contributes to the realization of the end of state |
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Prince |
Ideal ruler |
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Power |
End in itself, as opposed to a means to a higher end |
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1. Study of war 2. Fighting as man (rule of law) & as a beast (physical force) 3. Possession/apparent possession of good qualities 4. Behave badly if needed |
Qualities of Prince |
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Concentration on study of war |
Essence of achieving state's end; prepare for war & not exactly go to war |
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Fighting as man & as a beast |
Imitate lion (physical prowess) & fox (cunning) |
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Behave badly when needed |
Know how & when not to be good; based on necessity & reason of state |
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Virtu |
Good qualities, ability, skill, courage, prowess and prowess; essential to the proper exercise of rule by the Prince |
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Fortuna |
Luck, help, assistance |
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Amoral |
Not based on certain moral, religious or ethical code of conduct |
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Church |
Important source of weakness for Italy |
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1. Destroyed all piety & religion 2. Made people irreligious, bad, feeble, weak and passive 3. Kept Italy divided |
Church of Rome's role in the weakening of Italy |
