Cesare Borgia

Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, explores the effects of deception and trickery. Shakespeare’s characters are unaware the world they see is an illusion. Shakespeare sets the stage for a comedic adventure through Illyria starring conspiracy and intrigue. Niccolò Machiavelli, on the other hand, is attempting to shed light on how politics works in the world through The Prince. Machiavelli presents disturbing truths about the behavior of humanity, thus earning himself sinister notoriety.…

Who was a better inventor LeoNardo DA Vinci or Thomas Edison? It has been long debated on who was a better inventor, Leonardo DA Vinci or Thomas Edison? Thomas Edison might have been a leading inventor in his time, because he created the light bulb but that was really his main achievement. Leonardo DA Vinci was better because he had more inventions, better known for his work, and he was specialized in many lines of inventing. Now you really need to think Thomas Edison was responsible for…

Does Walter White’s Virtù begin to diminish as the show “Breaking Bad” continues and what is it that Walter wants as his glory? These are the questions I have been asking myself as I have attempted to write this essay. The television show I selected for this essay was “Breaking Bad” by Vince Gilligan. The show follows the life of a chemistry teacher named Walter White, who has discovered that he has stage 3 lung cancer. Upon the discovery that he has a death sentence, Walter embarks on a…

political power enforces the idea of establishing an arbitrary ruler who is an authoritarian king (Machiavelli, 2006) in which he must present new laws where the society must devote their lives to (Hillier, 2015). Machiavelli argues the example of Cesare Borgia of a model prince because he did everything while he was in power well (Machiavelli, 2006), which will be discussed in further detail. Some of Machiavelli’s advice for a good ruler was to think rationally about going forward with the…

Throughout the beginning of this semester we’ve studied numerous political theorists and their revolutionary contributions to modernity as we know it. None of them were more radically convincing than Niccolo Machiavelli and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who both wrote compelling arguments on how society should be structured. In “The Prince”, Machiavelli took a very cynical and harsh approach to leadership whereas Rousseau, in “The Social Contract”, took an open minded approach. Rousseau’s ideas were…

rulers or forces. Niccoló Machiavelli, an Italian philosopher who lived from 1469 to 1527, describes in his book, The Prince, the characteristics he deems necessary in a strong ruler. Throughout the book, Machiavelli uses leaders of his time, like Cesare Borgia and King Louis XII, as examples of what a person should or should not do in order to maintain or improve his state. However, a more recent leader who exemplifies the qualities outlined by Machiavelli is King Louis XIV of France, as he was…

The Poisoner's Handbook involved many stories of dramatic poison murder cases. Medical examineer Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigated the mysterious murders. Poison was a common use of killing during this era. Some of the poisons commonly used were: chloroform, wood alcohol, cyanides, arsenic, and mercury. Norris and Gettler go against unbeatable odds to solve these mysteries and decrease poison use during this deadly time. Key Idea 1 The basic chloroform molecule…

William Rice Hist 1002 12/4/14 Book Report The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy in the mid 1400’s, he grew up in the middle class and received a standard education as did many of the middle class of his era. The big factor that would have contributed to the writing of his book was that he went through the expulsion of the Medici family from his home town in Florence. Also this whole time period is just a huge…

In the 1400’s and the 1500’s the Renaissance art was ruled by four Italian artist: Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. All of these artist have some sort of impact during this time. If is their paintings or their sculptures. Their stand the test of time and as today we are still studying it. These four names are so iconic in the art world. Even for little kids with the widely popular cartoon show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where each turtle is name after a Renaissance…

One of the most distinctive qualities of Machiavelli’s essay The Prince is its lack of interest in personal morality. Machiavelli’s primary interest is in the end justifying the means and how the ambition for power can be achieved and maintained, thus leaving little room for questions of morality. The distinctive quality of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is the play’s focus on the complex moral question of what would drive a good man to commit an evil act, believing he was doing it not for his own…