The early humanists, such as writer Francesco Petrarch, studied the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans for inspiration and ideology, mixing the philosophies of Plato and other ancient thinkers with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Though he favored a republic to unite Italy, he believed only a dictator could unite such a quarrelsome area initially. ... In keeping with the principles of humanism, Renaissance scholars celebrated the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans for their own sake, rather than for their relevance to Church doctrine. 6. ...

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Niccolo Machiavelli is revered as the founder of modern political philosophy. He was considered a "realist" because he concerned himself only with the political situations that actually arose in reality, where as previous philosophers were concerned largely with the theoretical politics of an "idea...

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Born on May 3, 1469, in Florence, Italy, Niccolò Machiavelli was a diplomat for 14 years in Italy's Florentine Republic during the Medici family's exile. ... During that time he read book on Roman history and political treatises. ...

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His achievements in the retrieval of Greek and Roman traditions, including rhetoric, and his attempts to follow classical style lead to the movement itself (Humanism: Italy" 2). ... It was during this expulsion that he wrote The Prince, which not only was based on previous Roman political examples, but it combined some humanistic ideals into his innovatory view of the state. ... Neoplatonism during the Renaissance was a revival of Platonism, a dualistic philosophy based on Plato's Republic. ...

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For example, he uses the Roman Empire as a strong ruling force that should be noted. The Romans always looked ahead and never postponed or procrastinated. ... Italy became a republic in 1946, and the king was exiled. ... If the title's Chocolate stands for a land of plenty, Bread refers to basic necessities, like those in the Roman expression "bread and circus games." ...

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Despite the possible downfalls that the republic had on Venice, they had much power throughout Europe. ... The humanistic movement began during the early Italian Renaissance with the rediscovery of the writings of classical Greeks and Romans, which were not only models of literary style, but considered to be guides to the understanding of life. ... Brunelleschi was the first Renaissance architect to revive the Roman style of architecture. ... One of his greatest works, School of Athens, shows a humanistic influence of classical Greek and Roman models through depicting a group of Greek philosop...

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In Niccolo Machiavelli's the Prince, he is conveying to the reader and also to the Medici family, his views on how Princes should run their states. As one gets further into the reading they will find the Machiaveli's ideal Prince is a harsh and fierce individual that must be able to execute actions...

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