Hence, Aquinas wrote about what a price should do and avoid in order to gain power and maintain an stable state. Once the most virtuous man has been selected to be the ruler, he should avoid falling into tyranny, desiring glory or temporal goods as a reward for his command; instead he should look for an eternal reward given by God. According to Cicero in the book "De Officiis", people should evade the appetite for glory, since it eradicates the liberty of spirit; the desire for glory makes people to be arrogant, deceptive and takes away the greatness of soul and nothing is more appropriate f...

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As a consequence of our appetites and aversions dictating our lives, we are inevitably brought in to this state of nature by means of three principle causes contributing to conflict: competition, diffidence, and glory. ... The underlying forces that dictate human life through these appetites and aversions are: life itself, pleasures or comforts, and power. ... His argument can be divided into three principle causes that lead to conflict: the unavoidable rise of competition amongst humans, the inherent diffidence or lack of trust in others, and the need to seek glory. ... The desires for securi...

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When they do not attain this "glory," they cause damage to those who give them disrespect, setting thereby an example to others as well... - In summary, human beings by nature have three sources of conflict, competition, diffidence, and glory. ... Right of nature: self-preservation ("seek peace and follow it") - Man is naturally in a state of war without a common power to keep everyone in check. ... ) - Everyone should be willing to give up the right of nature in favor of law, equalizing liberty - The only way to get the needed power is for everyone to confer all power t one person or...

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These thinkers are the reason why religious authority and government power are separated. ... Humans are thus driven by their desires for honor, wealth, and power. And to achieve their goal, they have to dominate others and take their wealth and power, thereby increasing their wealth and power. ... And that is the reason humans create a state of order to limit each other's power. ... He states that a prince needs power and glory to be successful. ...

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Machiavelli goes into great detail about what it takes to be a ruler in power and how to stay in power. ... Machiavelli seems to understand from a commoner's perspective that those in power need to stay in power forcefully rather than democratically. ... Machiavelli claims that when taking the throne by force, one must decide how many misdeeds can be committed in order to seize power without sacrificing it for glory. ... One could argue that rising to power without family ties can easily be obtained through nefarious means, but the image of the person in power is greatly impacted by the m...

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More importantly, the study of political economy analyzes the distribution of power and wealth and the nature of the state. ... Machiavelli doesn't specifically describe the role of a state in an economy; however, based on his description of the state and its insatiable desire for power, the state would hold all power, whether it be political or economic. ... Machiavelli explains that power should be acquired by any means possible, but in order for a ruler to contain his power, he must keep his people content. ... Men are distinct, he says, in that they are concerned with glory – wh...

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This can only be accomplished though the acquisition and preservation of power. ... Machiavelli is not talking about the private sphere, "it cannot be called virtue to kill one's fellow-citizens, to betray one's friends, to be treacherous, merciless and irreligious; power may be gained by acting such ways, but not glory" he is instead, talking about what a prince must do in order to acquire and preserve political power over people that he believes to be "ungrateful, fickle, feigners and dissemblers, avoiders of danger, eager for gain" . ... The prince must be able to become wha...

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That's indeed correct, time and time again have there been examples of individuals coming to power and after a short period of time drastically changing their framework and intentions( Iran 1979, Germany 1939, Iraq 2010, etc). ... Machiavelli continues, "You will find the populace to be much superior in both goodness and glory. ... But once they citizens become corrupt this system became distress, for only the powerful proposed laws,but only in order to build up their own power"(p.128). ... The power stands with the masses, if you can stand strong and vigilant as unified group t...

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In this state, men's roughly equal "natural power," insatiably acquisitive nature for power and "glory," accompanied by limited resources, lead to competition: "if any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies" (Hobbes, 4, 8, 7). ... According to Hobbes, egocentric motions without reasonable restrictions implant disparaging power that brings men to war. ... Despites a similar conclusion to Hobbes's, Smith does not insist on the destructive power of self-interest towards mankind's existence. ... In...

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His words of being a true independent American were sugarcoated with glory and pride, however the truth lies beneath that disguise. ... America was unaware of the power of a man's mind and voice. ...

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