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Machiavelli’s, “The Prince”, exemplifies an early depiction of several “modern” ideological principles that would sustain and preserve nations (especially after the separation of the church and state) in the sixteenth century. In this critically acclaimed work, Machiavelli satirically bequeaths a map of qualities that princes should steadfastly uphold and advance. Expressly, the qualities mapped out are frequently criticized as, “crafty, cunning and unscrupulous methods by which a prince can acquire and

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     Niccolo Machiavelli, one of the great political minds of the 15th century, accomplished what many mathematicians today only dream of, having one’s name used as an adjective. To be Machiavellian is to demonstrate characteristics of expediency, deceit, and cunning and as Machiavelli wrote in, The Prince, these are the qualities of a great leader. The Prince was published in 1531, creating great controversy with other political thinkers of the time. Machiavelli completely ignored the

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“The Prince” is a well considered political treatise written in 16th century Europe that has been studied extensively over the centuries. The author, Niccolò Machiavelli, was a great Renaissance thinker and politician living in the Renaissance city Florence. In “The Prince” Machiavelli advises the reader on how a ruler should/should not govern and preserve his country and how one should conduct himself in front of his people. He then supports his opinions with examples from history of various leaders

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In The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is a book about how to rule and keep and maintain your state. Machiavelli talks about the different types of states ruler can rule and how they can they can be obtained for example a hereditary principality which he inherits. Another type of state is a mixed principality which the ruler can get because he has taken them over. The 3rd type are new principality and it can be attained by a person’s own power, the next is by the power of others, the following way

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In The Prince, Machiavelli doesn’t hesitate to recommend that a ruler employ conventionally immoral methods against his own subjects to maintain authority over them, but he does imply that whatever a ruler does should ultimately benefit the community. A Prince’s actions may be cruel, manipulative, or otherwise immoral, but they put him in the position to govern. On occasion, Machiavelli even suggests that gaining power through immoral acts is the best way to improve a community because immorality

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Contemporary politicians use the work of Niccolò Machiavelli as a guide to successfully lead a country to a better future. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a writer and a civil servant who wrote a book called, “The Prince” during the Italian Renaissance. He wrote this book on how to rule the people of his country and dedicated, “The Prince” to Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of Florence, Italy at the time. The guidelines on to how to rule (govern) a country are given clearly and accurately and provides

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I have always found great interest in the infamous Niccolo Machiavelli and his ways of thinking; my eye was drawn to him long before I knew I would be studying at Colorado State and even before I had any interest in politics. It was from young man know as Tupac Shakur, and let me tell you it is great to finally understand who Machiavelli is and the things he has done for the outlook on politics after hearing about how much respect and praise he got from the iconic rapper of the 1990s. In this paper

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Machiavelli also goes to mentioning how a Prince can become a prince with four of the principles he has listed in the text. It is said that one “Cannot be called prowess to kill fellow citizens, to betray friends, to be treacherous, pitiless, irreligious. These ways can win a prince power but not glory,” (Pg.174) This statement was to show how a prince can come to power through the use of crime, the second one is hereditary. In most cases the prince is the next one for the throne and to lead so it’s

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leader that wields his power the most like Niccolo Machiavelli’s Prince, from his book The Prince, that leader is President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation. Although, Putin does not hold the title of Prince, he has held influential positions throughout the years, i.e. Prime Minister and Acting President, that hold power similar to the Prince. Every position that Putin has held in Russia he has acted as if he were a Prince. Putin has held such all-consuming control and influence over Russia

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of that time, Machiavelli comes to the conclusion that the most important task is the formation of a single Italian state (Machiavelli 15). Developing his thoughts, the author comes to the following inference: only a prince can become a leader capable of leading people and building a unified state. It is not a concrete historical personality but someone abstract, symbolic, possessing such qualities that in the aggregate are inaccessible to any living ruler. That is why Machiavelli devotes most of

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