Prince Edward Island

Like most people in India I lived with my mother and father, while my brother was in another country finishing his higher studies, who used to visit us often during his vacations. It was the perfect little family, until the day when I had to make a decision which changed my life and made me who I am today. It all started on July 21st, 2010, when I came to United States for the first time with my family for me and my brother’s studies. Me, my brother, Mom and Dad used to live at one of our…

decision, but all of them exist together and have their place in a spectrum of choice. Throughout this paper I have argued that Machiavelli’s virtu and conventional moral values are essentially in a state of existing together as available tools for a prince. This can mean choosing cruelty in place of mercy, or committing cruel acts to lead directly to justice, and it is my position that not only does his virtu and traditional virtues exist together, but that they must. Anyone that seeks to argue…

family gained power in Florence, during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli, who was back then a civil servant in the Florentine Republic - was accused of conspiracy and imprisoned. To win favor with Lorenzo de Medici, he wrote a book called The Prince, which contained a list of advices about how to create and hold onto a principality and the book, in fact, revealed a new understanding of politics. Before Machiavelli, politics was…

The Impact of Machiavelli’s The Prince on Modern Day Politics Over the course of the last five centuries, Niccolo Machiavelli has been considered by many scholars as one of the most controversial historical figures of the Renaissance period. As a keen observer of the Italian oligarchy, he saw that the “Italian city-states were ruled by men whose authority rested solely on their cunning and effective use of force, which was witnessed as a new phenomenon” (Perry, 186). Additionally, Machiavelli…

Machiavelli, in The Prince, claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved, if one has to lack one of the two.” Trump chose fear, but he disregarded being loved as a component. The fear was accompanied with hate, leading to an unsuccessful attempt of Machiavelli’s thought within his current presidency. Machiavelli believed that “since men love at their convenience and fear at the convenience of the prince, a wise prince should found himself on what is his.” The people will not rise up…

Moving away from your family is hard, and most people could come to understand that, but I feel that moving away from my family is more difficult than average. I started my abroad education at Colorado State University, after of a semester there I got accepted into UC Davis (my dream University). Although I had a vague idea of what being alone and away from those that I care the most for, moving once again to California presented many more challenges I had previously ignored. This quarter for me…

When I started this observation 10 weeks ago I was so excited with the time I was going to spend with the 3rd grade class at Lincoln Elementary School. As I am thinking back on the last 10 weeks I can’t believe that it is over. Going to observe was what I looked forward to each week. It was a great experience my cooperating teacher, Ms. Greene did a great job of making sure that I was involved in the classroom while I was there. Ms. Greene had me work with small groups of students on various…

Just as humans, dictators are not born evil but are influenced enough to gain power and abuse it. If one has the power to control all, then they could use it to their own advantage. Stories such as Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Animal Farm by George Orwell illustrate how such characters like Macbeth and Napoleon rise to power to use it for themselves as similarity to dictators like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini. By doing this, dictators blind the eyes of the people by…

known philosopher and the creator of a timeless masterpiece “The Prince”. “The Prince” was written by Niccolo after he was removed from his post in Florence. His doctrine was that by giving the king a set of instructions to have great power he would get him back at his position. But what Niccolo didn't realize was that he created the guidelines of ruling for decades to come. Throughout the history of the United States, “The Prince” had influenced the majority of important men that…

Should You Sell Your Car to a Junk Yard? If you are like most people, your vehicle is your baby. It is something you use constantly, care for when it needs a repair, feed it gas when it is hungry, and love it for all the places that it takes you on a daily basis. However, a sad fact of reality is that eventually, much the same as your children, a car will no longer need you. It may become too old or have too many issues for you to handle. Your needs may change and you may have to get a larger…