Machiavelli's ideas in The Prince are revolutionary, in that he describes politics as they are, rather than a fantasized version of what they should be. ... To Machiavelli, the prince should scrupulously plan each decision with his public image in mind. ... He promotes the idea that the prince should always demand the truth from his staff, no matter the consequence. "Men will always prove untrue to you unless they are kept honest by constraint."" ... The prince should appear to the public as "generous while spending their money wisely, appear to be compassionate while rul...

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The Prince By: Niccolo Machiavelli Julius Caesar once said, "I came, I saw, I conquered." ... Machiavelli wrote how past rulers seem to have forgotten the importance of moral principles. ... If Julius did not invest so much time in a false appearance, he could have redeemed himself rather then becoming a mean and hurtful prince. ... The reader concludes that a ruler must be cruel in punishment but as long as he is compassionate and keeping his people in a safe and peaceful environment, then he will be an effective ruler. ... So how does this project become a reason for his book? ...

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"ACT ONLY ACCORDING TO THAT MAXIM WHEREBY YOU CAN AT THE SAME TIME WILL THAT IT SHOULD BECOME A UNIVERSAL LAW." Kant's catergorical imperative basically says that you should act in a way that you expect others to act. ... Chapter 14 Fortune 6: Machiavelli states that a prince should never rest from military thought. ... By this, Machiavelli means that when things are going well, a prince should take advantage of favorable times to be good-but not overly so. ... However, fortune is inconsistent and variable so, you must treat it like a woman. ...

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Yes, ordinary rabbits or maybe not so ordinary. ... He is laid back, compassionate, yet round character, but in his previous burrow not even in the Oswla. ... Hazel was dead Why is Hazel so important? ... "You know me, don't you?... It seemed to Hazel that he would not be needing his body any more, so he left it lying on the edge of the ditch, but stopped for a moment to watch his rabbits "You needn't worry about them,"" said his companion. ...

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"let me hear from you." ... Long stayed he so." ... In this scene it is also possible to watch Polonious calculating how he should act in order to bring himself into the king's favour. ... "have you given him any hard words of late?". ... Her description of Ophelia's death, again, shows her to be loving and compassionate. ...

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Instead of relying on feudal charges for the bulk of their military power, Renaissance princes employed mercenaries in increasing numbers. ... So, for example, if you wanted to steal a chicken, you could buy your indulgence beforehand, steal the chicken and be comforted by the fact that you were already absolved of your sin. It should be pointed out though, that the proceeds of the sale of these indulgences went to the building of St. ... "Few people have had such an impact on so many fields as Martin Luther. ... He believed that what one construes in their conscience while reading the Bibl...

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In April 1981, the opposing Premiers allied themselves into the so-called "Gang of Eight."" ... (Chrétien 181) Sterling Lyon, Premier of Manitoba said, "If you do that, you're going to tear the country apart."" ... So, maintaining an unweakened charter was important to me in this basic philosophical sense (Couture 95). ... Sixty-two percent of Canadians feel that it is not time to make changes to the constitution and that government should leave it alone. ... Outside Québec, sixty-five percent say the constitution should be left alone, and twenty-five percent th...

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So, due to the position of adaptations of Shakespeare's plays within a large cultural framework one can analyse and explain the appearance of an adaptation. ... By doing so I hope to illustrate that adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream are not unrelated events, but part of a larger cultural framework which influences the appearance of each performance. ... In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours; I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear," (2.1.9-14). ... So, the influence of the fairies on the lives of humans i...

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