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Giving Away What Belongs Reputation For Cruelty Ruler
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... en-handedness and that many others have risen
to very high office because they were open-handed
and were considered to be so. I would reply that
either you are already an established ruler or you
are trying to become a ruler. In the first case,
open-handedness is harmful; in the second, it is
certainly necessary to be thought open-handed.
Caesar was one of those who sought power in Rome;
but if after gaining power, he had survived and
had not moderated his expenditure, he would have
undermin...
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Evil Malicious Manipulative Quality That Would Be Desired Ruler
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Machiavelli main idea in The qualities of the
prince is to explain how leaders should achieve
their goals without boundaries, . To Machiavelli,
a successful ruler is one who can impress people,
regardless of what he really is inside. He says
that it is sometimes better to seem good than to
be good. To him, a good ruler is one that is seen
as merciful, faithful, humane, frank and religious
so long as it does not interfere with his best
interest. He sees no purpose in restraining and
controlling o...
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Medieval Thinkers Believed Traditional Medieval Thinkers Machiavelli
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In The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, Machiavelli
goes against the traditional mindset that a prince
derived his power from God. Machiavelli believed
that the rulers were given no divine right. He
said that a ruler achieved his power through hid
own efforts and skills. The traditional thinkers
believed that the ruler had to abide by Christian
morals like the virtues. On the other hand,
Machiavelli said that they did not have to abide
by these Christian standards. Machiavelli was in
contradiction...
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Entire Play Belief System
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In Machiavelli's The Prince readers are provided
with powerful insights to becoming a successful
ruler. Niccolo breaks down into steps what a ruler
must take into account in order to control the
masses. The character of Lago in Shakespeare's
Othello seems to have studied and acted through
Machiavelli's teachings. Throughout the entire
play his intentions towards empowerment are shown.
Lago would have prevailed to be a top student in
Machiavelli's class with all his cunning and
deception. For the...
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Form Of Government Fear Of Death
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... e power cannot be taken from the ruler or
assembly of men and given to another. If this is
done, then the covenant would have been broken,
and according to Hobbes, breaking a covenant is
injustice. In making the covenant to give
authority to the sovereign, they have also every
man given the sovereignty to him that bears their
person, and therefore if they depose him, they
take from him that which is his own, and so again
it is injustice (413). Hobbes agrees that the
sovereign can commit iniq...
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Peter The Great Ivan The Terrible
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Russia is a nation with a rich past and a history
of royalty that cannot be compared with any other
in the world. There were memorable rulers,
including Catherine and Peter the Great, and
rulers that Russia and the rest of the world would
like to forget, such as Ivan the Terrible. However
short their reign, or how seemingly insignificant
their actions, all have had an effect on Russia? s
history and have left plenty of colorful images to
be written down into history books. One can argue
about ho...
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Mandate Of Heaven School Of Thought
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? n the history of Imperial China the issue of the
authority of rulers has been worked out in
relation to the prevailing philosophies of their
times. The longest, most influential and enduring
of these is Confucianism. The philosophy and the
w? ? in which it demands virtue and duty from a
ruler has n? t always gone down well with rulers
of a more autocratic nature and has at times been
displaced by the school of thought known as
Legalism. Notably the Legalist believed that the
people existed for...
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State Of Nature Hobbes Believes
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Through the development of the Polis, both Hobbes
and Rousseau have stood as highly influential
theorists of the Social Contract. Although both
writers would strongly agree for the development
of society and the importance of a Social
Contract, the actual methods and ends are quite
distinct for each man. Hobbes contract aims at
assuring Civil Peace through the use of the ruler
to secure the contract in exchange for obedience
of the people. In contrast to this method,
Rousseau chooses to generate...
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Renaissance Era Political Power
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MACHIAVELLI: THE PRINCE: Themes and Ideas During
Machiavelli s time, society was much different
than it had been for previous philosophers.
Instead of storing up good works, so as to enjoy
paradise, as the medieval man did, the Renaissance
man was interested in all things, enjoyed life,
strove for worldly acclaim and wealth, and had a
deep interest in classical civilizations. He was
born at a time of conflict within Florence, Italy,
between the republican leaders and the family of
the Medici s, ...
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Acquires His Power Power Through Other Means Ruler
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Virtu: The Successful Leader The ruler that comes
to rule as a citizen-ruler by virtu will be more
successful than a ruler that comes to power by
other means. According to Machiavelli, a
citizen-ruler is one that comes to rule solely on
the basis of his own abilities or virtu. He has
done and will continue to do whatever it takes to
continue his rule. There are many differences
between a ruler that acquires power through virtu
and a ruler that acquires power through other
means such as heredity ...
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