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An Analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince

Af: Ben Worthy, Riley Quinn Engelsk Paperback

An Analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince

Af: Ben Worthy, Riley Quinn Engelsk Paperback
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How should rulers rule? What is the nature of power? These questions had already been asked when Niccolò Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513. But what made his thinking on the topic different was his ability to interpret evidence: to look at old issues and find new meaning within them.

Many of Machiavelli’s contemporaries thought that God would make sure morality was rewarded. To these people, it was inevitable that ethical individuals would enjoy success in this world and attain paradise in the next. Machiavelli was not so sure. He used the evidence of history to prove that people who can lie, cheat and murder tend to succeed.

Machiavelli concluded that three main factors affect a political leader’s success or failure. In doing so, he reached an entirely new understanding of the meaning of his evidence. Machiavelli argued that behaving in a moral way actually hinders a ruler. If everyone acted morally, he reasoned, then morals would not be a disadvantage. But in a world in which leaders are willing to be ruthless, a moral leader would make both themselves and their state vulnerable. Machiavelli’s novel interpretation posits that morals can make a leader hesitate, and this could cost them – and the citizens they are responsible for – everything.

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How should rulers rule? What is the nature of power? These questions had already been asked when Niccolò Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513. But what made his thinking on the topic different was his ability to interpret evidence: to look at old issues and find new meaning within them.

Many of Machiavelli’s contemporaries thought that God would make sure morality was rewarded. To these people, it was inevitable that ethical individuals would enjoy success in this world and attain paradise in the next. Machiavelli was not so sure. He used the evidence of history to prove that people who can lie, cheat and murder tend to succeed.

Machiavelli concluded that three main factors affect a political leader’s success or failure. In doing so, he reached an entirely new understanding of the meaning of his evidence. Machiavelli argued that behaving in a moral way actually hinders a ruler. If everyone acted morally, he reasoned, then morals would not be a disadvantage. But in a world in which leaders are willing to be ruthless, a moral leader would make both themselves and their state vulnerable. Machiavelli’s novel interpretation posits that morals can make a leader hesitate, and this could cost them – and the citizens they are responsible for – everything.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 100
ISBN-13: 9781912127610
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 191212761X
Kategori: Litteraturteori
Udg. Dato: 15 jul 2017
Længde: 7mm
Bredde: 136mm
Højde: 200mm
Forlag: Macat International Limited
Oplagsdato: 15 jul 2017
Forfatter(e): Ben Worthy, Riley Quinn
Forfatter(e) Ben Worthy, Riley Quinn

Kategori Litteraturteori

ISBN-13 9781912127610

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 100

Udgave

Længde 7mm

Bredde 136mm

Højde 200mm

Udg. Dato 15 jul 2017

Oplagsdato 15 jul 2017

Forlag Macat International Limited