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?The Prince? and ?Utopia", 2006.
A look at the history behind Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" and Thomas More's "Utopia".
3,198 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 22 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper examines how although Thomas More and Niccolo Machiavelli lived at approximately the same time, the radical differences in the cultures they lived in created in each man a unique perspective of the world. In order to understand why Machiavelli wrote "The Prince" and Sir Thomas More wrote "Utopia", it looks at the time and place these pieces were written and also attempts to understand the basic psychology of the authors.
Outline
Introduction
When the Books Were Written
Where the Books Were Written
An Analysis of the Approach to Subject
Societies - Real or Fictitious
Nature of the Comparative States
Views of Human Nature
Role of Organized Religion
Nature of Military Affairs
Conclusion
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"The Prince was written in 1513 in the middle of a series of revolutions in Renaissance Italy. Utopia was written in 1516 at the beginning of the Rule of King Henry VIII. If the Renaissance brought greater glory to the churches and cathedrals of Italy and reinforced the absolute rule of the Pope, it also brought a sense of enlightenment to the middle class both in Europe and England. Education was no longer under control of the church. The sons of wealthy parents were sent to university. Sons of the less affluent but ambitious parents were tutored privately in the classics. Both Thomas More and Niccolo Machiavelli came from well-educated families with little money. Both families were ambitious for their sons and educated them to the extent of their finances. Both More and Machiavelli were innately brilliant. More's genius was in law and relationships and Machiavelli's was in organization and military strategy."
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"The Prince" and "Utopia", 2002.
A look at the convergence of text and context and the real world and the alternative world in Machiavelli's "The Prince" and Thomas More's "Utopia".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will examine the convergence of text and context in the lives and work of Machiavelli and Thomas More. It will be argued that the textual strategies of both works established a dynamic tension between the real world (context) and the alternative world (text). Much of the power and appeal of both works, it will be shown, lies in how they balanced the competing demands of both worlds and narrative forms to represent a new manner of envisioning reality that would capture the imaginations of their age.
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"Utopia" ( Thomas More ) &" The Prince" ( Machiavelli ), 1999.
Compares authors' views on political & private virtue & human nature.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"This study will compare the views of both political and private virtue expressed by Thomas More in Utopia and Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince. The study will argue that More presents virtue as a largely ideal set of behaviors for both the public and the private man, based on conventional and religious standards, with socialistic elements included with respect to the abolishment of private property as a requisite for the social order needed for the practice of such virtue. More's views on virtue reflect a generally positive view of human nature, although he is worldly enough to know that human beings are likely not perfectible in this world. For the practice of the virtue he advocates, he must believe that human beings, while flawed, are capable of virtuous behavior if social conditions are favorable. Machiavelli, on the other hand, in both public and.."
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Machiavelli: The Prince's Relationship with the People, 2002.
Examine's the text "The Prince" by political philosopher, Machiavelli and the Prince's interation with the people.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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Machiavelli in "The Prince" provides detailed instruction to a teenaged ruler, one who has already received the childhood moral education from fairy tales and folk parables and is ready for actual, direct instruction in his official duties. This work was a specific guide, written on the model of historic rulers and societies. Based, in no small part, upon the life of Caesar Borgia, a heavy-handed dictatorial ruler, Machiavelli sought to describe the perfect state, one that, if it must have a Prince, should be run in the manner described. The work, however, would meet with a great deal of dismay and horror by the people he intended to "get in" with. In his need to become part of the political life of Italy (in which he had, at one time, been as influential and significant as Sir Thomas More had been in England) created "The Prince", a tract that did not truly reflect his own philosophies of political life, but one, he vainly hoped, would be received well by the ruling family. The purpose of "The Prince" also encompasses a trade-school-like approach, where the intricacies of policy, management and behavior are spelled out directly, in clear, plain language. It is the intent of this paper to examine the role of the Prince in relation to the people from the framework of political function as outlined in Machiavelli's work.
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Machiavelli's "The Prince", 2003.
A review of "The Prince", by Machiavelli and comparison with a modern day "Prince".
892 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper focuses on Machiavelli's quote that a political leader needs to learn how "not to be good." In comparison, the writer uses President Clinton as a political leader who chose a similar path. The first part of this review looks at the piece from Machiavelli's viewpoint. The second half takes the points raised in the books and tries to relate them to the modern day example of Bill Clinton. The writer admits their opinion is tainted by their personal dislike for President Clinton but still attempts to make use of the comparison.
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"Political leaders are constantly struggling to be good. However, Machiavelli wrote "For how we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for what ought to be done, will rather learn to bring about his own ruin than his preservation," (ch. 15, p. 84). Here, Machiavelli acknowledges that he is a political realist. He is saying that he finds traditional standards of morality useless as practical advice. Machiavelli goes on to say that "A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good."
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Tyranny in ?The Prince?, 2004.
This paper discusses the defense of tyranny in ?The Prince? by Niccolo Machiavelli.
810 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 28.95
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This paper examines two important aspects of Machiavelli?s ?The Prince?: The characteristics of the Prince and the kind of society he will rule and the permissiveness of tyranny in making society secure from foreign invasion and rule. The author points out that Machiavelli?s ?The Prince? illustrates how tyranny can be functional, instead of detrimental, to ensure peace and stability within society, especially in the context of 16th century Western governance. The paper relates that ?The Prince? has become a useful historical document that mirrors the life and times of 16th century Italian politics and society, and humanity?s eternal pursuit for an effective leader and stable society.
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"Going further into his analysis of the socio-political movements in his country, Machiavelli?s observation includes an analyses of the qualities of the leaders or ?princes? who were not able to sustain their leadership and government. In chapter XXIV (?Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost their States?), he explains that these leaders have been ?defective? some of them either had the people against them, or? they have not known how to secure themselves against their nobles.? Furthermore, in this section, while Machiavelli attributes Fortune as one of the motivating forces that determine a leader?s success in governance, the leader?s skills and influence to the people, in large part, determines the success or failure of the Prince. Thus, in effect, he asserts, ?I think it may be the case that Fortune is the mistress of one half of our actions, and yet leaves the control of the other half, or a little less, to ourselves.?"
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?Rasselas- Prince of Abyssinia?, 2002.
This paper analyzes ?Rasselas- Prince of Abyssinia?, a short story by Samuel Johnson that follows the young prince?s quest for true happiness.
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper presents the story of ?Rasselas? who is dissatisfied with the inability of material excess to satisfy the deeper joy it promises and embarks on a journey of realization. The paper explains that, in the end, nothing is resolved and none of the characters achieves the ideal of happiness pursued. The author believes that Johnson is saying materialism cannot replace true happiness.
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"Rasselas lives with all the luxury of nobility and eventually shakes himself from the diversions of the court with the realization that he is not truly happy. The valley in which he lives is both a sanctuary and a prison, his isolation from the world and any type of pain or suffering causes him to question the seemingly unmerited excess in which he has always been indulged. The valley resembles in many respects the Garden of Eden and Rasselas?s quest for happiness can easily be compared to Adam and Eve?s thirst for knowledge in that the prince also yearns for something beyond what his father has provided."
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King George III and Machiavelli's "Prince", 2004.
Explains why King George III was a living model of Machiavelli?s ?The Qualities of a Prince?.
700 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 24.95
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The basic premise in Machiavelli?s ?The Qualities of a Prince? states that as long as a prince is not hated, his subjects will be loyal and his reign successful. Therefore, the abuses outlined in ?The Declaration of Independence? coincide with the attributes listed by Machiavelli of an unsuccessful prince. One can tell by the tone in which ?The Declaration of Independence? is written that King George III is hated by the colonists. On more than one occasion, Thomas Jefferson refers to the King as a tyrant. This paper discusses how King George III?s actions support Machiavelli?s claim that a prince is most hated when he, among other things, disrespects the land and women of his subjects, deprives men of their honor, and shows excessive cruelty.
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"Machiavelli states, ?so long as you do not deprive them of ?their honor, the majority of men live happily? (Machiavelli, ?The Qualities of a Prince?, 48). Comparatively, Thomas Jefferson also lists grievances that pertain to men being deprived of their honor ?By [constraining] our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their County, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands? (Thomas Jefferson, ?The Declaration of Independence?, 80). King George III stripped men taken captive of all honor and dignity by making them choose to either murder their family or take their own life. King George III also deprived the colonists ?the benefits of Trial by Jury? (80). The fact that King George III repeatedly ?called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures? (79) is quite demeaning in a society governed by Representation."
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Machiavelli's "The Prince", 2002.
Discusses the role of the church and religion in political philosopher, Machiavelli's text, "The Prince".
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Machiavelli's work, "The Prince", was written with the express purpose to ingratiate himself with the current ruling family, the Medicis. Religion plays a significant part in "The Prince". The reality that Machiavelli wrote about was that the church would play a significant role in a Prince's ability to maintain control and manage his country. Church and state were, then, one. To Machiavelli, the military is a necessary physical defense of the state. Dictators and totalitarianism find their origin in "The Prince".
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Prince, 2006.
An examination of the file sharing era and a music business prospectus on the recording artist, Prince.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 6 sources, $ 106.95
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This paper studies the recording artist Prince, or the Artist formerly known as Prince, in regards to the marketing and sales of a recorded product. The paper discusses how often scandalous standards set by the recording industry towards many artists are now under attack within the business community. Many artists since the nineties including Prince have been seeking ways to get a just return on their creative output.
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"The musical career of the recording artist (formerly known as) Prince has been a central factor in understanding the power of music file sharing with the advent of Napster in the late nineties. This study will examine the success of Prince prior to the turn of the century, and why his success has slowly declined with changing technologies. By defining and understanding the technology associated with business profits and losses in regards to file sharing, Prince has played a part in his post Napster years in forging a new way for artists to sell their material online."
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Machiavelli?s ?The Prince?, 2004.
This is a personal essay that applies quotes from Machiavelli?s ?The Prince? to relationships with the author's "friends?.
995 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the way that the author learned that he could not buy friends, just as Machiavelli stated in "The Prince". The author points out that Machiavelli writes ?it is wiser to be a miser? because then the people know that they will not have everything handed to them on a silver platter, and the prince will be respected. The paper concludes that the way of the ideal prince and behavior in one?s own friendships lies somewhere between being generous and greedy.
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"Thinking about the respect issue, I was never really respected when I was around my friend Patrick. We always went where he wanted to go, do what he wanted to do, and bought the things he liked. All this was done just to gain a friend. It was as if I altered myself just to have some relationship with someone else, but I am going off on a tangent now. Getting back to Machiavelli?s idea of not buying people, it can relate to altering one?s self. If you think about it, the prince will have to do what the people want to make them happy and not himself."
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"The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli, 2005.
This paper reviews "The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli, which christened Machiavelli as the father of modern politics and his writings as the hallmark of power politics.
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This paper explains that, using a twist of a literary genre of the era--cloaking and imparting his beliefs based on current events of the time, "The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli is an illustration of Machiavelli's duplicity of hiding an alternative belief and motive beneath its rhetoric of monarchical rights, privileges and purposes. The author relates that, in "The Prince", Machiavelli details the life a ruling prince, who was purportedly Lorenzo d'Medici, should lead by integrating his knowledge of common society and human behavior. The paper reports that Machiavelli emphasizes certain character traits in a ruler, which must be served in order to gain an even greater advantage: A man must feed his ambition, match the abilities of previous men of greatness, and be ready to seize any opportunity just as Moses, Romulus, and Cyrus did.
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"Machiavelli's supposed objective in "The Prince" is to illustrate how political principles can be implemented and manipulated to gain and maintain political power. He is not concerned about the suffering, death, or financial ruin his course of actions metes out on the social classes lower than the royal line. "The Prince" is a grand example of "the end justifies the means". Whatever means are necessary for a prince to rise and maintain political power must be accomplished. In the game of "power politics", there is no room for the faint of heart, justice for all, or lack of aggression. Power will be gained through the advantages of boldness, audacity, genocide if need be, and annihilation of opposing rulers and their familial lines."
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'Prince Friedrich of Homburg' by Heinrich von Kleist., 2005.
A discussion of the pro-German nationalist theme in the play 'Prince Friedrich of Homburg' by Heinrich von Kleist.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper briefly sums up 'Prince Friedrich of Homburg' as a play that chronicles the tale of one passionate, if self centered, Prince who defies orders in battle and is sentenced to death even though his action led to a decisive victory. According to this paper, this is one of Heinrich von Kleist's later works, and shows strong evidence of reaffirming the relationship between the individual and the state. Given the subject material and the audience for whom it was intended, 'Prince Friedrich of Homburg' has often been considered an early example of German nationalism.
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"This play is one of a few latter works in the relatively short life of Heinrich von Kleist's career as a dramatist. He committed suicide at the age of thirty-four. As one of his later works, this play shows strong evidence of reaffirming the relationship between the individual and the state. Given the subject material and the audience for whom it was intended, Prince Friedrich of Homburg has often been considered an early example of German nationalism. While rudimentary in that regard, this play nonetheless exhibits many examples of nationalist ideology. Kleist considered this play to be a work of patriotic drama."
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"The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli, 2006.
This paper reviews Niccolo Machiavelli's book "The Prince" and discusses the series of generalizations the author uses when describing politics and human nature.
1,312 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 44.95
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This writer of this paper analyzes the main character in "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli as well as the author's view as to what is needed for the Prince to be an effective leader. This paper also explores the Prince's constant struggle between the members of the ruling class and ordinary people as well as the amount of ruthlessness that is required of him to lead his people.
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"Despite claiming to write from the vantage point of an ordinary man, Machiavelli writes as if he were present on the "lofty peak" of the prince he seeks to advise. The world that he describes is one in which a ruler is isolated by his authority that is constantly in danger of a challenge. These challenges can come from two places: external aggression and internal conspiracy. A prince can limit the possibility of challenges only if he has a well-armed and loyal army and if his subjects respect him."
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Prince Henry the Navigator, 2008.
This paper discusses Prince Henry the Navigator and his investment in expeditions to Africa.
957 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 33.95
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The paper relates that Prince Henry the Navigator never traveled on an expedition himself, but he sponsored many. The paper then looks at the history of Prince Henry's birth and heritage and discusses the reasons behind his sponsored expeditions. The paper relates that Prince Henry wanted to spread Christianity and he was able to do this with his expeditions.
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"First, it is important to look at the history of Prince Henry's birth and heritage. Prince Henry was born in 1394 as a son of King John I. "Henry was born in 1394 as one of the sons of the Portuguese King John I, founder of the Aviz dynasty" (Engels 2006). In fact, he was the third son of King Joao. "His mother, the Queen, was Philippa of Lancaster, the daughter of John of Gaunt" (Henry the Navigator 2006). Henry persuaded his father to take part in an expedition against the Muslims. When Henry was involved with his brothers in this movement to stop the Muslim stronghold in Morrocco, Henry learned about riches in Africa. Henry wanted part of these riches, but he knew the only way this was going to happen was if he could travel directly to these lands where he hoped to find gold (Engels 2006). Therefore, he allowed different expeditions in order to try to find wealth. However, he never actually went on an expedition. "Truth is, Prince Henry of Portugal never set sail on voyages of discovery" (Africans in America 2006). While he never participated in the expeditions, he did sponsor many expeditions."
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