... our natural desire to associate with others. Machiavelli, on the other hand, argues that politics is not natural, that ambitious men artificially construct political societies, and that ordinary men have a inclination to withdraw from political life and seek solitude. According to Machiavelli, there are two classes of people in every state, people can be classified into two groups, that one group ... ...

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... . These would be craftsmen, laborers, and farmers who carry out the menial tasks necessary to the functioning of the City. This sect of the community is left to their own inclination, to enjoy and pursue physical and material pleasures, as they are not capable of grasping the Forms. The soldiers are to make up the second tier, which is the spirit ... ...

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... nature, all people are equal in power. This equality puts each individual at risk of losing what he has if it is desired by another. Hobbes writes, "I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire for power after power, that ceaseth only in Death" (1-11-2). This desire for power is what causes warring factions and he later goes ... ...

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