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. ... Machiavelli's ideal prince is an individual that is emotionless. ... Currently we live in a nation where few, if any, fear their "prince." ... His prince must be a combination of two beast a fox and a lion. ...
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. ... Using this insight, Machiavelli in The Prince describes how one would be best to go about achieving and maintaining power. ... The source within the textbook is a very famous excerpt taken from the 17th chapter of The Prince. ... He has a clear dislike of mercenaries in both the source excerpt and in The Prince. ...
That action can be whatever the prince determines is necessary to achieve the ends sought. ... As Machiavelli states: "It must be understood that a prince cannot observe all those things which are consider good in men, being often obliged, in order to maintain the state, to act against charity, against humanity, and against religion . . .it is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong." ... He believes that these injure a whole community, while the executions ordered by a prince fall only upon a few individuals. ... As a corollary to this Machiavelli addresses whe...
