The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli

A comparative study of two texts reveals context as the primary influence upon the interplay between pragmatism and personality morality in an individual’s pursuit and consolidation of power. Driven by an overarching contextual desire for stable...

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli and Socrates proposed radically different ideas on how one should live their life. On one hand, Machiavelli deems it foolish to follow a life of justice and truth as he believes that it will ultimately lead to...

Viewed through the lens of history, Niccolo Machiavelli, Desiderius Erasmus, and Michel de Montaigne appear to have little in common. Machiavelli’s The Prince is now typically taught as a cruel manual for ungodly dictators and tyrants, while...

Throughout Machiavelli’s The Prince and Christine’s Book of the City of Ladies, the narrators consistently integrate the theme of education through literature into their ideal social philosophy. From a political standpoint, Machiavelli’s guide...

To be a great leader, one must first understand the people that they are leading. Human nature is complex. It is crucial for a leader to understand what the people desire and how they act in order to lead them. However, the elaborate complexities...

When we think of rulers we think of extravagance and authority, wealth and might, grandeur and command. But what slips our mind is that perhaps even rulers follow rules to rule. ‘The Prince’ by Niccolo Machiavelli is one extended prescription of...

The purpose of this essay is to evaluate to what extent Machiavelli presents an adaptability of nature and a willingness to enact change as the key contributors to achieving and maintaining power and glory in politics in Il Principe. Contrary to...