Cesare Borgia

First I read chapter 5 of The Prince is all about how to govern states that are following their own rules. I disagree with how Machiavelli says to deal with them. One way that Machiavelli said was to devastate the states and I don't think that is the right way to go. If you devastate the state they might start listening and following you but they might also use the devastation you put on them to slowly start turning more and more states away from you causing you to lose your rein over the states…

Machiavelli full name was Niccolo Di Bernardo dei Machiavelli he was a writer, an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher and a humanist of the Renaissance period. Niccolo Machiavelli was the author of the story "the prince." The prince was about a man who wanted power. Machiavelli wrote the prince as a way to serve as a handbook for rulers about their reign. Throughout the work, he stated that he is not interested in the modern day utopias and the republics. He was only concerned…

In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli’s guidelines for being an efficient ruler differ from Petrarch's in that they emphasize fear over love; moreover, Machiavelli upends Petrarch’s arguments by insisting that generosity only leads to hatred. In the 17th chapter of Machiavelli’s iconic text, he emphasizes the importance of fear over love. He writes, “From this a dispute arises, whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse...because it is difficult to put them together, it is much…

Machiavelli defines 4 different types of armies and the appropriate conduct of a prince as military leader. A prince must pay close attention to military affairs if he desires to continue ruling. The most dangerous and unreliable are mercenaries/hired soldiers, and auxiliaries whose troops are advanced to you by other rulers. The most desirable kind of army is the native troops who are collected of one's own citizens. The less desirable army would be a combination of mixed troops, native troops…

Machiavelli improves a lot of hefty reasons when it comes to managing one’s demesne. Although Joseph Stalin has not been sovereign, but this individual ended up being totalitarian, and also most of the ideas made available inside the Royal prince had been without a doubt applied in the course of Stalin’s rule within the Soviet Partnership. Joseph in the course of his dictatorship got a very company hands, and also has not been worried make use of just about any suggests needed to maintain the…

Written in the excerpt from The Morals of the Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli, being a political philosopher of the Renaissance, analyzes the ideal qualities and the real qualities of princes. According to his excerpt, paragraph seven lies under the subtitle “On Cruelty and Clemency: Whether It Is Better To Be Loved or Feared”. Base on the subtitle, it can be inferred that the following sections will discuss whether a prince should be loved or feared by his people. In paragraph seven of the excerpt,…

1. Why should a Prince understand how to “use well both the man and the beast”? A Prince should understand how to use both the man and beast ways of interaction well in order to know which approach will be most effectual to obtain the desired outcome. Knowing how to keep the faith and live uprightly will win popularity votes while living craftily can get the job done. Knowing when to go from abiding by the law to applying force is the important balancing act that Machiavelli states that a…

Tamburlaine’s idea of nobility is seen as a matter of achievements against the incapacity of the born king Mycetes. His imposing conception of power and kingship is seen against the capacity for intriguing and practical politics of Cosroe. From this point on, the play shows Tamburlaine the conqueror, successful beyond the caprices of fortune and cruel. Not even Zenocrate’s tears will convince him not to kill the virgins of her native city and siege the town. But the beauty of Zenocrate in her…

(1)In Les Miserables, Victor Hugo demonstrates that compassion is more effective than punishment. (2) Despite Inspector Javert’s serve obsession with finding Jean Valjean, the circumstances under which this is achieved forces Javert to examine his own perception of justice. (3) Jean Valjean’s numerous selfless actions conflict with Javert’s label of him as a dangerous convict. (4) Javert’s fixation on punishment does not allow any room for compassion, and to his mind, the only way he can show…

“There is a sufficiency in the world for a man’s need, but not a man’s greed.” - Mahatma Gandhi. In the world, one’s greed will never be satisfied and leads to extreme selfishness. Not only is this true in the world, but it is also true when speaking about a dystopian story with a corrupt government. In the book, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes about how Mildred, the government and society and Montag are all examples of selfishness. Ray Bradbury first describes how Mildred is selfish in the…