Principality

He stated, “The white man of America will not, to any organized extent, assimilate the (black man) because in so doing, he feels that he will be committing suicide.” Thus, Garvey concluded Blacks needed to return to Africa. He sent emissaries to Liberia to negotiate a massive return. Garvey saw Liberia as a bridgehead for the liberation and unification of all of Africa. Garvey believed that independent African nations would not sit ideally by and allow the mistreatment of Blacks in the…

Machiavelli in The Prince explains that morality can be cast aside if the ends justify the means. This disposal of morality allows for a unified and peaceful society that was once in chaos. By enforcing that there must be some morality cast aside to reach an end goal, Machiavelli examines the idea that there must be some deceptive elements that lead to a working society. This tool of deception is Machiavelli’s tactic for the Prince to unify a chaotic society under peace. Similarly, in the…

How Misinterpretation of the Bible Helped the Justification of the Crusades. The Crusades were a series of expeditions undertaken by Christian holy men in the hopes of delivering holy places from Islamic tyranny (Douglas J. Potter). The popes felt that Europe should be under Christian unity, and the pressure that they felt from the Byzantine Empire threatened said unity, so they decided to send troops of men to free the land of the Byzantine Empire once again for the Christians. One would think…

Effective leadership provides strong bonds and fosters competent collaboration between members of an organization. Leaders have an obligation to take into consideration the responsibilities of all the decisions they believe necessary to make. Leaders have to be skilled and knowledgeable of the strategies that will help with knowing how to manage conflicts and finding resolutions, delegating work among members, planning and executing events, and keeping a positive and strong motivation when…

Underwood acquired “principality by his own ability and not through fortune”, using ruthless and amoral means, deceiving the public using honest words to cover his dishonest modes. He is extremely ambitious, virtuous and manipulative (Flavin, et al., 2016). Frank Underwood tries…

Between the philosophies laid out by Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke, political thought in regards to politics, governmental structure, and the rights of man have increased throughout time. Through my essay, I aim to discuss how Hobbes built on Machiavelli’s thoughts, and how Locke built on Hobbes, while discussing their differences in view points. Subsequently, I will also discuss how the views of each philosopher mentioned compares and contrasts to the ideas of Plato discussed in the Socratic…

difference in these governments was the person in charge. In Russia, the land’s most powerful leader was the prince and later the czar. Russia’s first major territory, Novgorod, was like a very small kingdom with a prince in charge. It was called a principality. In Russia’s feudal system there were also boyars, next in command to princes. Princes couldn’t take boyar’s land if it was given to them, making some of the boyars just as powerful as the prince. Nevertheless, this all changed after the…

as the German population’s sense of duty. The patchwork nature of Germany extends back to before the nation of Germany had been formed. Before Germany was united in 1871, the territory that is currently Germany was formerly a network of German principalities, tribes, kingdoms and individual settlements. As a result of these unique entities being combined, distinctions in culture throughout Germany still are prevalent today. A benefit of the former individual peoples within Germany is the now…

In 1888, Otto von Bismarck remarked that “the next great European war will probably come out of some damn foolish thing in the Balkans.” (Massie, p. 82) At the time, he was referring to the aftermath of the Serbo-Bulgarian war, which managed, in a series of resonating blows, to shatter the Ottoman Empire’s tenuous grasp on the Balkans and splinter the League of Three Empires. Over the next forty years, the ever-fluid situation in the Balkans ebbed and flowed, but never strayed far from a point…

us through the Holy Spirit. Then we will, without flinching, doubting or thinking twice about what we are able to do. We will stand tall, in confidence with our chest poked out, knowing we already have the victory. Yes, we have victory over the principalities and darkness in high places for Jesus has passed down to us every spiritual blessing we need for…