The Prince was a book that was written by Niccolo Machiavelli . Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat to several European courts. Machiavelli wrote The Prince in dedication to the prince of Italy at the time: Lorenzo De Medici. The Prince is a book about royals written by a commoner who was better informed on the matters of the royals. Machiavelli asserted that The Prince was the aggregation of the knowledge he had acquired over time through many difficulties, sometimes in dangerous ways as he traveled for his diplomatic duties. Within The Prince are chapters on several aspects that Machiavelli felt were important for Lorenzo De Medici to know about princes. The Prince is therefore primarily about princes and the conduct which is appropriate
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This argument by Machiavelli waters down the importance of the prince’s motive and the reasons behind why he does what he does, and it adds weight only to what image his actions will create. The real consequences of the actions of a prince are only in how the people interpret them. Thus, this argument placed a burden on the prince to make an effort to appease the people in whose favors his success lies. Therefore, the prince would need to be praised by the people for most of the good things that come to them, and be blamed for few of the ills that befell them. This was the best way for him to remain in the good favors of the people and therefore succeed. The same concept also applied in the chapter that is about generosity and meanness as exhibited by the …show more content…
The Prince is about princes and the best way to establish a lasting successful rule over his subjects. The Prince is written in the perspective of the prince as a ruler, but throughout the work, we can see Machiavelli emphasizes the role of the will of the people. In most of Machiavelli chapters, he explains to the prince why a prince would need to have the peoples support to succeed. Machiavelli even gave examples of princes who were unsuccessful because they did not have the will of the people working for them. In this way, Machiavelli acknowledges that the will of the people is the supreme power in any state, and that is what true democracy is all
This argument by Machiavelli waters down the importance of the prince’s motive and the reasons behind why he does what he does, and it adds weight only to what image his actions will create. The real consequences of the actions of a prince are only in how the people interpret them. Thus, this argument placed a burden on the prince to make an effort to appease the people in whose favors his success lies. Therefore, the prince would need to be praised by the people for most of the good things that come to them, and be blamed for few of the ills that befell them. This was the best way for him to remain in the good favors of the people and therefore succeed. The same concept also applied in the chapter that is about generosity and meanness as exhibited by the …show more content…
The Prince is about princes and the best way to establish a lasting successful rule over his subjects. The Prince is written in the perspective of the prince as a ruler, but throughout the work, we can see Machiavelli emphasizes the role of the will of the people. In most of Machiavelli chapters, he explains to the prince why a prince would need to have the peoples support to succeed. Machiavelli even gave examples of princes who were unsuccessful because they did not have the will of the people working for them. In this way, Machiavelli acknowledges that the will of the people is the supreme power in any state, and that is what true democracy is all