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1.9445 Machiavelli's Politics: Good or Bad.
This three-page junior level paper discusses Machiavelli's book "Prince". It is the best description of political realism. In this, Machiavelli argues that a political ruler needs to prepare himself to be bad. Hence, this paper compares Machiavelli's and Kant's understanding of the use of violence in political life. 3 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Pages: 3
Bibliography: 4 source(s) listed
Filename: 9445 Machiavelli Politics Good.doc
Price: US$26.85
2.9446 Machiavelli and "Fortune Is a Lady".
This essay discusses how, in the "Prince", Machiavelli says that "fortune is a lady." "It is necessary," he writes, "if you want to master her, to beat and strike her." (Machiavelli, p.76) In many respects, this statement exemplifies the clash in Machiavelli between "virtu" and "fortuna," which appears to be a conflict between the masculine principles of virility, courage and decisiveness and the feminine principles of caprice and malevolence. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Pages: 5
Bibliography: 4 source(s) listed
Filename: 9446 Machiavelli Fortune Lady.doc
Price: US$44.75
3.9523 Machiavelli's "The Prince".
Machiavelli's work, "The Prince", was written with the express purpose to ingratiate himself with the current ruling family, the Medicis. Religion plays a significant part in "The Prince". The reality that Machiavelli wrote about was that the church would play a significant role in a Prince's ability to maintain control and manage his country. Church and state were, then, one. To Machiavelli, the military is a necessary physical defense of the state. Dictators and totalitarianism finds their origin in The Prince. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Pages: 5
Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed
Filename: 9523 Machiavelli The Prince.doc
Price: US$44.75
4.2910 A Question of Morality: An Historiographic Analysis of the Life, Writings, and Influence of Niccolo Machiavelli
This paper will examine Machiavelli's career and work with respect both to the intellectual and political climate in which he lived, and to later historical interpretation of his writings. The central problems of his two major works - the "means to power" in "The Prince", and how "the end justifies the means" in "The Discourses" - will be examined to both in terms of historical context and historical interpretation. As will be seen, to understand Machiavelli's thinking about the above problems it is necessary to contextualize his work with respect to the dominant historiographic ideas of his day. It will be argued that, when situated in his own era, the political views which appear brutally cynical to some historians living in the late twentieth century become understandable and, in their own way, actually morally admirable.13 pgs. 27 f/c. 6b.
Pages: 13
Bibliography: 6 source(s) listed
Filename: 2910 Life Writing Machiavelli.doc
Price: US$116.35
5.8310 The Life and Ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli and his Significance Today.
9 pgs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Pages: 9
Bibliography: 5 source(s) listed
Filename: 8310 Life Niccolo Machiavelli.doc
Price: US$80.55
6.5689 A Compare and Contrast O Hobbes The Leviathan and Machiavelli's The Prince.
This paper will be comparing & contrasting Machiavelli's book The Prince and Hobbes's book The Leviathan. By this way of analyzing these books, we can see how they are similar and dissimilar in their scope in a political format. Both authors have differing views, but can also be as compared in how they treat the politicians that they seek to explain in their opinions. 6 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Pages: 6
Bibliography: 4 source(s) listed
Filename: 5689 Hobbes Machiavelli Compare.doc
Price: US$53.70
7.5690 Hobbes and Machiavelli.
This three-page undergraduate paper discusses Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, and The Prince and The Discourses, by Niccolo Machiavelli in terms of the relation of citizens to a sovereign, and the justification of a sovereign for their actions. 3 pgs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.