An advocate of physical power, as well as governmental power, Machiavelli stressed the need for virtu, a quality that has been translated to mean "...a union of force and ability...will"(Burckhardt quoted in Machiavelli 195). ... The nature of man, as it was put forth by Machiavelli, was that "...all men are ready to change masters in the hope of bettering themselves. ... (Machiavelli 5). ... (Machiavelli 50). ... He moved back to Machiavelli's notion of the nature of man, but then extended that theory into what he called the "state of nature". ...

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Democracy is a debatable aspect and it centres on different perspectives that are held by different theorists. The heated debate of democracy includes the differing views concerning the definition of democracy, controversy over the suitable form of democracy since there are different forms, lack of ...

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Introduction The assignment is based on the whole character sketch of John Locke and what he felt about almost everything in the spheres of Politics. He was the founder of utilitarianism and that is one of the most important in a democracy. He is one of the few thinkers who never let the consequences around him affect him adversely; in fact he was one of the very few people who learned from their mistakes. There are people who can go on cribbing about their problems, but John Locke was different, he studied them and experimented and made an attempt to understand why it all happens in the ...

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