In contrast to Aristotle and classical thought concerning political associations, Machiavelli argues that principalities are not natural, but an act of acquirement. ... Although it appears Aristotle and Machiavelli disagree on the role of virtue should play in political life, it is important to note that their definition of virtue does not derive from the same source, and therefore these terms are not synonymous as they appear in the translations of these two texts. The virtue Aristotle discusses in his book "Politics" derives from classical political thought; contrary to the virtue Machiavell...

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Both international relations theorists make note of the inevitability of conflict among states yet have thus created the foundation for the basic principles that have since allowed their philosophies to expand. ... Morgenthau states that human nature "has not changed since the classical philosophies of China, India, and Greece endeavored to discover these laws" (AJ 2013, 15). ...

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He notes that the oft-stated idea that Americans' attitudes relied mainly on certain "Whiggish- notions of the "rights of Englishmen- is only partially correct, for one must acknowledge Montesquieu's influence. ...

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Thus, the classical concept of civic virtue, which is a moral code applicable to rulers and subjects alike, is critically transformed in Machiavelli's concept of virtu, which pertains to rulers of states and can be at odds with moral virtue" . ...

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