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The Renaissance was started by the creation of humanism. Leonardo Bruni, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Baldassare Castiglione were all humanists but Leonardo Bruni was the chancellor of Florence. Niccolò Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione were authors that were famous for writing The Prince and The Book of Courtier, respectively. Machiavelli later became the “father of modern political theory.” Bruni, Machiavelli, and Castiglione helped shape today’s countries by each contributing their political philosophy.
When Leonardo Bruni was the chancellor in the late 1420s to the early 1440s, he believed that no man was above the law and that everyone is equal. He also believed in checks and balances so the government was fair to its citizens. These ideas are prevalent in modern society with the United States Government having checks and balances in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branch to make sure that each branch is not making any unlawful decisions. When Bruni says that no man is above the law and that everyone is equal, he also says that everyone is entitled to fair …show more content…
Machiavelli, in “The Prince,” wrote that a society will succeed if it has laws and can enforce the laws. That is because not everyone will follow the laws and enforcing the laws will provide incentives for the citizens to obey them. Machiavelli makes a big emphasis that having one but not the other does not make a society successful. For example, if you have laws but no enforcement, people can break them with without punishment. If you have a strict enforcement of order but no laws, people do not know right from wrong. The American government has both and it is split up between the Legislative branch and the Executive branch. The Legislative branch is in charge of writing the laws while the Executive branch is in control of enforcing the laws. Combined they maintain order while promoting
The Renaissance was started by the creation of humanism. Leonardo Bruni, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Baldassare Castiglione were all humanists but Leonardo Bruni was the chancellor of Florence. Niccolò Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione were authors that were famous for writing The Prince and The Book of Courtier, respectively. Machiavelli later became the “father of modern political theory.” Bruni, Machiavelli, and Castiglione helped shape today’s countries by each contributing their political philosophy.
When Leonardo Bruni was the chancellor in the late 1420s to the early 1440s, he believed that no man was above the law and that everyone is equal. He also believed in checks and balances so the government was fair to its citizens. These ideas are prevalent in modern society with the United States Government having checks and balances in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branch to make sure that each branch is not making any unlawful decisions. When Bruni says that no man is above the law and that everyone is equal, he also says that everyone is entitled to fair …show more content…
Machiavelli, in “The Prince,” wrote that a society will succeed if it has laws and can enforce the laws. That is because not everyone will follow the laws and enforcing the laws will provide incentives for the citizens to obey them. Machiavelli makes a big emphasis that having one but not the other does not make a society successful. For example, if you have laws but no enforcement, people can break them with without punishment. If you have a strict enforcement of order but no laws, people do not know right from wrong. The American government has both and it is split up between the Legislative branch and the Executive branch. The Legislative branch is in charge of writing the laws while the Executive branch is in control of enforcing the laws. Combined they maintain order while promoting