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Tracy Xayadeth Professor Simpson-Uruttia English 1A 30 January 2017 #5 pp. 235 Machiavelli's Controversial Statement In Machiavelli's "The Qualities of the Prince", he quotes, "A man who wishes to make a vocation of being good at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good" (pp.224, p.7). Machiavelli was an aristocrat whose fortunes wavered according to shifts in the power of Florence. He believes that a great majority of people are not good. It is necessary for a prince who…

D’Orco was a cruel ruler many of the citizens could not do anything about it. Borgia could though he didn’t have to, he executed D’Orco he did because he wanted to appear as favorable to the citizens. Machiavelli believes that Borgia was a good ruler because of his assassination of D’Orco. Machiavelli feels it was necessary for Borgia to gain the trust of his citizens. It was necessary to establish peace, trust, and order within the land when D’orco took over, he did it in a cruel manner and the…

The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, is a political treatise/non-fiction book written as a guide for how to be an effective ruler. Machiavelli intends to guide rulers on how to seize a country and how to destroy an enemy. He writes about rulers of his time and the things they did well and did not do so well. His purpose was to right a book to advise the aristocracy in what they should do to rule effectively so government would be run in the way his mind pictured it. He told the world the truth…

In Machiavelli's The Prince, Machiavelli instructs people wanting to gain political power should be more concerned with what is politically effective rather than what is morally right. Machiavelli encourages readers to do whatever is necessary to gain and keep power. While Machiavelli's methods seem harsh and extreme and I personally don't believe that they are ethically right, I believe they would allow a ruler to accomplish his goals of obtaining power. During the Renaissance when…

Recently, we attended a lecture where distinguished professor of history emeritus, William Cook (SUNY Geneseo) made the case for exalting, Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527). Since the publication of his political treatise, The Prince in 1532, Machiavelli’s name has become synonymous with unprincipled, deceptive, and tyrannical tactics. In his lecture ‘Machiavelli on Republican Virtue,’ Dr. Cook argues that The Prince is grossly misinterpreted, deemed an apology for tyranny, critics have gone…

Why was Machiavelli’s book The Prince so controversial? The prince is an analytical ‘handbook’ written by political philosopher, Niccolò Machiavelli. Within the book, Machiavelli offers advice to new princes regarding the way in which they can gain and maintain power in a state. However, since its publication in 1532, the book has been dubbed controversial due to the ideas it shared and was even banned by the Roman Catholic Church in 1559, raising the question, why was Machiavelli’s book ‘The…

actions of Cesare Borgia. Machiavelli’s views on leadership and power were a product of his environment. He lived during a period of political unrest in Florence that led to his exile. The Bonfire of the Vanities created a power vacuum that Machiavelli filled, becoming the leader of Florence. His rule was short lived…

Another example of Borgia’s wisdom as a duke can be identified when examining the period of rule after he had taken over Romagna. Machiavelli is especially enthralled by Borgia’s cunning and effective use of cruelty. He even encourages the actions of Borgia to be “imitated” by future princes (29). This example of “cruelty-well-used”, as Machiavelli calls it, is recognized after Borgia notices the civil disunity within his kingdom. The subjects were so used to having their possessions taken from…

“True hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred” (Dalai Lama). For example a hero has to not hate people and see the good in people and not just the bad in everything. Moreover, people who usually hold in their anger until someone pushes them over the edge really. Far then they usually get mad but most heros . Although a hero is someone who does something to protect another person or animal. What is a hero a hero is someone in my opinion who does something heroic or past…

Dedicated to the Florentine ruler Lorenzo II de’ Medici, Machiavelli’s Prince is a guidebook on how to acquire power and stabilize your state. Inscribed in a tradition of political advice books , what sets it apart from those that came before him are the radical and obviously wicked guidelines it puts forwards. However, before establishing whether or not The Prince is truly a handbook of wickedness, this term must be elucidated. Wickedness, synonym of evilness, is commonly interpreted as either…