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Why did Machiavelli think that a new prince 'cannot always act in ways that are considered good'?
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:00:21
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 7 pages (1928 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 7 pages (1928 words)
"We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed" (Chapter XVI, The Prince)
In this essay I shall be discussing the above stated question, firstly I shall be analysing the usage of the term good in relation to the question. I will then discuss Machiavelli theories about public perception of a prince; whether its better to be hated, loved or feared. Then …
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…L. Norton- 1991, University of California press
*<Tab/>The Common Good, by Bill Jordan- 1989, Blackwell
*<Tab/>Reconstructing the classics, by Edward Bryan Portis- 1994, Chatham house publishing
*<Tab/>Reappraising political theory, by Terence Ball- 1995, Clarendon press (oxford)
*<Tab/>The Prince, by Nicolò Machiavelli- Written c. 1505, published 1515, translated by W. K. Marriott 1908 (http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm)
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