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. ... He had a strong dislike for the previous Italian princes. ... He must be an individual with little temptations and few distractions. ... Upon further examination one may find that his prince is a person of little or no personality. ... Many people have labeled him as deceiving, immoral and corrupt because of this little book, but for the most part, his writings have been misunderstood, and a deeper look is needed to determine whether Mach...

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Machiavelli: The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli was born into a time of political upheaval in Italy. ... The Prince is the text from which my source is taken. ... The source within the textbook is a very famous excerpt taken from the 17th chapter of The Prince. ... In the full version of The Prince Machiavelli makes it more clear to his audience why, in fact, one who relies on only keeping his promises will be destroyed: "Experience shows that in our times the rulers who have done great things are those who have set little store by keeping their word, being skillful rather in cunningly confus...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

That action can be whatever the prince determines is necessary to achieve the ends sought. ... He believes that these injure a whole community, while the executions ordered by a prince fall only upon a few individuals. ... While inflicting a little cruelty in the beginning will prevent further actions of similar deviant behavior. As a corollary to this Machiavelli addresses whether a prince should be loved or feared. ... Relying on the premise that the end always justifies the means, Machiavelli concludes that the prince should not swerve from good if possibl...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate