Conventional wisdom has it that when putting together a writing a book on political thought one must use theory or abstract concepts. ... That is the reason what the statement means the presence of a sound army is the presence of a sound law. A sound native army is vital because this is how countries in the times that The Prince was written, acquired land and that was through military conquests. ...
The book is actually an in-depth recording of a philosophy contest between Plato's teacher Socrates and several other great philosophers. ... Socrates" first major argument is with Thrasymachus in Book I. ... (Book VII, section 524). ... What the State does not have is a tyrant, which Socrates goes into great detail about in Book IX. ... In my opinion, Socrates's perfect State sounded plenty like the scenario progressing in the debate. ...
At several points, the Politics looks back to the conception of the highest human good worked out in the Nicomachean Ethics, and the concluding chapter of the Nicomachean Ethics (X.9) looks forward to the Politics, culminating in a list of questions about political systems which corresponds reasonably well to the questions he addresses in the Politics, as the following chart indicates: Outline of the Politics Questions in Nicomachean Ethics X.9.1181b17-24 Book I: types of communities: the city, the household; household management Book II: critical survey of proposed and actual constitutio...
It could easily be said that with this book the author may have trying to ingratiate himself to all the local nobility; on the other hand, knowing what follows might also suggest that Machiavelli was really attempting to play off the nobility's fears of chaos and insecurity, guaranteeing safety if they read his short piece. ... The lord most would consider ruthless and cold, but whom Machiavelli names a virtuoso, is but one (probably Cesare Borgia, son of Sixtus IV) character in the book. ... Adams has done it very nicley so I shall not repeat them here) which is part of what gives the ...
Machiavelli stresses this later on the book when discussing the benefits of building fortresses, he states, "the best fortress a ruler can have is not to be hated by the people" . ... He feels that as far as politics are concerned the actual actions of the ruler need not be morally sound, if the outcome benefits the state, the actions of the ruler will be judged honorable by the majority of people and praised by everyone because "people are impressed by appearances and results " and pay little attention to the wicked deeds that may have been done as a means to an end. ... At times Machia...
Bernard Bailyn composed the book The Origins of American Politics in the form of three essays, which were delivered, in their original form in November of 1965 as the Charles K. ... Although this theory sounded great and seemed to be maintaining peace, the reality in England was far from it. ... There were 144 articles published between November 1720 and December 1723 and they were all compiled into a four-volume book called Cato's Letters. ...
It is also important to consider exactly how much say Rousseau does allow the people as part of the Social Contract and whether it is fair to call the book a licence for tyranny. ... The idea of a civil religion sanctifying the society's values and particularly the laws from the law giver sounds somewhat like indoctrination. ...
He looked at the various kinds of government and completed analysis of what made them effective in his book, The Spirit of the Laws. ... "Killing is murder unless it is done to the sound of trumpets" expressed Voltaire's anger at the actions of the monarchy. ...
