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This 6 page paper provides an overview of some central quotes by Machiavelli, Hobbes and Karl Marx, and then relates these to their political philosophies and perspectives in general. The second part of this paper integrates a view of the political perspectives of these three philosophers, as well as Aristotle. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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sources. MHMachpo.rtf Machiavelli, Hobbes and Marx Written by 11/2001
Please Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli wrote: "Upon this, a question arises: Whether it be better to be loved than feared, or feared than loved? It may be
answered that one should wish to be both, but because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is mush safer to be feared and loved, when, of
the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowards, covetous, and as long as
you succeed they are yours entirely...." (61). This quote from Machiavellis The Prince defines a central component of his political perspective: that political power and strength often outweigh
other characteristics that might determine the view of a leader as virtuous. In fact, Machiavelli proposes his own view of the correlation between political importance and virtue, based
in the separation of the leader from those whom he leads. Machiavelli believed that political prowess that leads inherently to victory is inextricably connected to his notion of virtue, but
that man must first display characteristics that are shaped by his own masculine perspective. Machiavelli considered the nature of the princes actions and the necessity for the study of
war, rules of discipline, and the focus on force as major components of princely learning, but definitively attached this process to the role of men in society (Machiavelli 41). The
notion of virtue and of ethics, then, stem not from a generalized view of morality, but from a civic directive based in the role of men. "It remains now
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