1. Machiavelli and Realism - The Prince
He had the qualities of a prince, which is something that he wrote about in one of his many works, entitled The Prince. ... Machiavelli believed that a prince should be well versed in war. ... Another quality that Machiavelli refers to in The Prince is generosity. ... Machiavelli possesses all the qualities that he laid out in The Prince. ... (Hale xi) Machiavelli truly had the qualities of a prince. ...
He composed two major works in his lifetime, one called "Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius," and the other "The Prince." ... Machiavelli's most famous and noted work was called "The Prince," which he wrote in 1532. "The Prince" was a short book that in general, said one thing: all means may be resorted to for the establishment and preservation of authority. In other words, the book described the means by which a prince may gain and maintain his power. ...
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his book The Prince, which showed rulers with strong nations by doing what worked best rather then by being good and morally correct. ... His ideas called for a ruler with wisdom and spiritual elements as well, to be the perfect Christian Prince. This Christian Prince would also have to condemn all type of warfare. ... Since there were more patrons of art, "the church was no longer the only patron of art; suddenly princes like Lorenzo de Medici were also buying art works-(Robinson 71). ...
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Furthermore, following the return of Medici in 1512 forcing him into exile, a diplomat notably known as Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513. 7 His lectures became a political guidebook in advising rulers, where he believed that being politically effective outweighed morality. ...
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