Were Machiavelli's guide lines only potentially successful because of the era in which he wrote them? ... By then he had already achieved power over the state though his position as a diplomat of Florence, so he was quite knowledgeable in politics, though it was after the Medici family removed him from office that he wrote the book. ... These truths may never be uncovered, though whoever wrote this Gospel described a time around the beginning of our numerically-dated time based upon Jesus" life, years 0-32. ... The eras in which these authors wrote or wrote abo...

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He wrote, "Powers must be granted, or civil society cannot exist; the possibility of abuse is no argument against the thing" (Stourzh, p.182). ... In the Declaration of Independence he wrote, "All are men created equal." ... Jefferson wrote, "No man is more ardently intent to see the public debt soon and sacredly paid off than I am. ... On February 15, 1791, Jefferson wrote his opinion on the National Bank to President Washington. ... After receiving the opinions of Jefferson and the Attorney-General Edmund Randolph, President Washington then wrote to Hamilton a day later. ...

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It could easily be said that with this book the author may have trying to ingratiate himself to all the local nobility; on the other hand, knowing what follows might also suggest that Machiavelli was really attempting to play off the nobility's fears of chaos and insecurity, guaranteeing safety if they read his short piece. ... It was only in 1512 when France, to whom Florence had professed the traditional allegiance, left Italy and Spain reentered that the republic was totally lost, and Machiavelli expelled to the country by the incoming Medici, and Machiavelli wrote The Prince while in...

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As I wrote earlier the tyrant who's character who leads himself to be the most unjust and most wretched person of them all falls into last place in the ranking. ... ""(582b) This type of thinking also plays true for honor-loving over money-loving and philosopher over honor-lover. ... It is like they are playing a game of telephone. ...

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These two philosophers, even though they both believe in the social contract developing out of the state of nature, differ in how they develop what they believe the social contract is and what the state of nature is, for what and how it came to be, and the role it plays in society and government today. ... Locke favored a representative government and mostly supported a monarchy, which historically correlates with when and where he wrote his Second Treatise, in England in the 17th century. ...

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What is Justice? From the times of ancient Greece, an era of thought and enlightenment emerged some of the greatest thinkers of all time, such as Socrates and Plato. Over the years, many questions have been raised by these men or posed by them. In Plato's "The Republic", Book I the fundamental q...

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When he was in Paris, he published De Cive, his first major study on politics, and wrote Leviathan, published in 1651. ... Hobbes's ideas may seem weird to most of the people; nonetheless, the circumstances, which influenced Hobbes, played an important role in shaping his opinions and they cannot be ignored. ...

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" (1) Winston once wrote this in his journal. ... The governments manipulate the media, election system and play political tricks to defend what they do when whistleblowers like Edward Snowden appear. ...

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Humanism and Renaissance Europe: A Transition into the Self Throughout The Middle Ages, European society gradually progressed with minor advancements and various developments in religion, while simultaneously experiencing a number of international calamites. The Hundred Year's War between Engla...

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Andrews wrote," that the empire was not a single state made up of a mother country and her dependencies, but rather a group of states equal in status, with coordinate legislatures and a common king." ... First, the government of eighteenth century England played "a very restricted role in society", acting only when forced to. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate