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When the name Machiavelli is brought up there are two major connotations. The first being Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian historian, politician, diplomat, and writer. The second being Makaveli, which is the late rapper Tupac Shakur’s pseudonym. Shakur chose this alias based on the Renaissance Italian philosopher. Machiavelli’s writings were said to have inspired Shakur in prison. Shakur’s adoration for Machiavelli is from the philosopher’s writings that partly spoke upon the thought that a leader…

Although the idea of Machiavellianism is synonymous for sinister, ruthless, and most often heartless, Machiavelli proves near the end of chapter ten in book one of the Discourses that he in fact does not condone such behavior and even that such will be the root of destruction. In this passage, Machiavelli focuses on what a society is like with a “good” prince versus what a society is like with a “bad” prince. When Machiavelli describes a prince as bad he means that they acquired power by…

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…

Is it better for a leader to be feared or loved? This is an argument made by Machiavelli’s novel, “The Prince.” He argued that if a person cannot have both, it is better to be feared. Throughout history, there have been many leaders. Some succeeded in winning the love and support of their nation, while others failed. Some would say there are certain traits, or qualities in a person that make them successful. Whether it be someone’s attitude, the way they handle tough decisions, or how they…

Many people often dream of having endless amounts of power, but if you were rewarded with that power, how would you use it? In the Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and the song “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay, the power is very much abused. In the song “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay the lyrics express how the king’s (King Louis XVI) life drastically changed. He went from the most respected, well known, powerful, and wealthiest man to a nobody. He had everything he needed, but abused his power.…

they forget their superior, “goodness and piety appear” (Machiavelli 25). Subjects living under such a government, turn to a higher supreme power, which they believe is responsible for their accomplishments, which creates religious devotion. Niccolo Machiavelli, in “The Qualities of the Prince,”…

Niccolo Machiavelli was born in 1469 and died in 1527 and lived during the Italian Renaissance in Florence. He wrote The Prince, a specula principis or “mirror for princes,” when he was forty-four-years-old after being dismissed from being a diplomat because he was suspected of conspiring against the new government when there was a change of regime. He was found innocent and left town to live with his family in the countryside, where “he tramped the hills by day and, in the long, empty evenings,…

Would Socrates Support a Machiavellian System? During a time of political turmoil, it is hard to know who to trust, and who should lead. In “The Prince” Machiavelli lists a plethora of guidelines as to how a prince should gain political power along with ways for them to ensure this power is long-lasting. Although Socrates and Machiavelli both lived in time periods with serious political issues, Socrates would not support Machiavelli’s concept of a Prince, or any type of government created as a…

Free will, is a thing we all have and use. Machiavelli sometimes used the words “fortune” and “Virtue” to talk about two different ways a prince can come to power. “Virtue” refers to a person's actions or skill, while “fortune” talks about chance or luck.The Prince determines how much of a prince’s successfulness or tragedies are caused by his own free will and how much is chosen by nature or the environment in which he lives. Machiavelli applies this question specifically to the failure of past…

In The Prince, Machiavelli writes on how a prince is to take power and how to maintain his position (Ryan, 2012, p.364). The concept of virtù is introduced, as an essential component that a prince must possess. It could be translated as the ability, quality or determination that secures political success (Ryan, 2012, p.375). Machiavelli finds an example of a virtuous prince in Cesare Borgia, described as a skillful leader who was only defeated by the negative effects of fortuna (Ryan, 2012,…