Prince Leopold

The Prince was a book that was written by Niccolo Machiavelli . Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat to several European courts. Machiavelli wrote The Prince in dedication to the prince of Italy at the time: Lorenzo De Medici. The Prince is a book about royals written by a commoner who was better informed on the matters of the royals. Machiavelli asserted that The Prince was the aggregation of the knowledge he had acquired over time through many difficulties, sometimes in dangerous ways as he…

The Complex and Challenged Friendship of Amir and Hassan Thomas Aquinas, a famous Italian philosopher, once said “There is nothing on this Earth more to be prized than true friendship”. True friendship isn’t easy to obtain. True friends are there for someone, no matter the situation. But this friendship can fall apart, especially if jealousy sneaks its way into it. This idea is very relevant for Amir and Hassan in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. In the novel The Kite Runner,…

In Homer’s Odyssey, the overall meaning is that in order to rule over others, one must be able to fully understand themselves and their role in society. For Odysseus to return home, he had to first become a mature individual that was able to rule over his kingdom. In the adventures and tales of Odysseus it is demonstrated that even though he desires to return home to his wife, son, and kingdom, he has to face the temptations that draw him away from his main goal in order to mature into the ruler…

difficult to unite them in one person,”Machiavelli was a realist and made a point of writing things as they were rather than as they should be, He knew the choice had to be made. His exile lead him to write the short book “the prince” to give as a gift to the ruling prince at the time. In the 17th chapter, in his guide to not only obitaining power but keeping it, Machiavelli states that it is better to be feared than loved if one cannot be both. Through out his/her rule, a leader must take on…

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Machiavelli believes it is safer to be feared than loved. He states that “it is desirable to be both, but because it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer for a prince to be feared than loved, if he is to fail one of the two” (Prince). Princes, in Machiavelli’s eyes, needs to be feared because if he fails, it is safer to be feared than to be loved. Machiavelli favors fear over love for many reasons. One of the reasons are his views on politics as well as past experiences on…

“The Prince” has been known for its controversial perspective on traits inherent in human nature during the Renaissance Era. You guessed it! This weeks’ speaker is Niccolò Machiavelli! Machiavelli was…

his dream and in 1513 he wrote his best known work, entitled The Prince, Principle II. In his book his main focus was on the way a good ruler or prince should perform. He illustrated his own intensely practical convictions with frequent examples from the historical record. He argued social benefits of stability and security in a way anyone can achieve this act, even if he was faced with moral corruption. In general, it was…

Nicolo Machiavelli was of the former thinking. In his book “The Prince,” Machiavelli gives guidance on what believes to be the best practices for ruling. However, Machiavelli’s suggestions for ruling is all from the standpoint of fear, and not out of character. Ruling out of fear may work for a time, but given enough time the citizens will eventually conspire against the governing entity and form a revolt. Machiavelli wrote “The Prince” as a guide for ruling, governing, and maintaining…

Although Louis XIV’s reign branched towards despotism and collaboration via several of his methods, holistically, Louis XIV was an absolutistic leader. His ideology centered around “the divine ordination of monarchy; the king’s absolute grant of power from God; complete denial of the right of resistance; the indefeasibility of hereditary right; and the corroboration of coronation” (Fox 140). Paul Foxes writing on the theories that Louis XIV adhered to is notably valuable because Fox extracted…