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Lukasz Tokarczyk Management 513 Section 5- Is it better to be Loved of Feared Thesis: The author has done great work here, however it’s full of controversial statements. He outlines what constitutes a great leader (known as Prince), and provides his idea of such leader. This may not be appealing to the reader since his advice seems to violate what is perceived as the moral standards by the society. The author believes that it is better to be feared than loved, he suggests and…

Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier offers various opinions on what constitutes the ideal man. The descriptions serve as a paradigm for men of the noble class to emulate. In fact, Castiglione’s work sets the standard for what it meant to be a gentleman. According to him, being an ideal Renaissance man demanded total, conscious effort needed in mastering many traits, all the while making the ownership of these various characteristics seem uncontrived and natural. Because the…

The Prince is a political treatise written by Machiavelli in 1513,it was written in the vernacular Italian rather than Latin the aim of Machiavelli was to promote the in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning how to consider politics and ethics.[5][6] is the most remembered of Machiavelli's works and the one most responsible for bringing the word…

“The Prince” is a book that guide leaders or rulers of his era that wanted to maintain power and find potential resolutions to their political challenges and was authored by Nicolo Machiavelli. In the book, Nicolo mentions a lot of important points that guide leaders to the path of success. The author talks about the destiny and the way it affects the decisions of the leader. Machiavelli offers a clear definition of the diverse kinds of states or principalities, recommendation on the way some…

Machiavelli recommended that the characteristics of a good ruler would be that they behaved cruel rather than merciful It was better to be stingy than generous. They weren’t a man of their word because they believed if the promise was not in their best interest then they should not keep the promise. Yet through all of this the princes were better off loved by the people as it is a good defense. This used to confuse me how the people would not despise the prince for these qualities but rather be…

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is a treatise that states many points. One of the points is “It is better to be feared than loved”. Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a play about ambition and tragedy. In chapters 14-17 of The Prince, Machiavelli describes how a ruler should act. In Macbeth, Shakespeare does the exact opposite of what Machiavelli is advising a ruler to do. Not following these theories would be the death of Macbeth. In Chapter 14, Machiavelli states that the easiest way to…

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…

Another Machiavellian idea is that morality and ethics are for the weak, powerful people should feel free to lie, cheat, and deceive whenever it suits their purpose. A prince should weaken people that are stronger then him to ensure that no foreign power invades another state. Weaker powers will side with those that are stronger than them to ensure protection (The Portable Machiavelli, Page 80-88) This idea is encompassed in Law 14 of 48 Laws of Power, stating Pose as a friend, work as a spy.…