Power, community and the best way to rule have been an issue of longstanding debate in human history. Who should have power, how should one rule and what role should the government play are questions that have been at the forefront of every civilization and have sparked conflict and controversy on a number of occasions. The fundamental components of control have placed the human need for order and system against the human desire for freedom. However, the debate concerning power and community has been touched upon by philosophers and has not solely been the subject of politicians or monarchs. B...

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... common to the Story school of thought. As we move out of the medieval period and into the renowned Renaissance, we begin to see another major movement in the objective of written history. Here it can be seen that writers of history separate themselves from religious influence and begin a new territory of history writing: the Political History. In these first political writings we see major artists appear, such as Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas ... Hobbes. These two authors move away from writing for the church and direct their writing towards more secular aims. Machiavelli himself write...

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