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This is a 5 page paper on Machiavelli and his theory of the ideal leader. Niccolo Machiavelli was born in 1469 in Florence, Italy and was one of the more distinguished thinkers to come out of the Renaissance period and his work is still often used to describe political leaders to this day. Machiavelli was well versed in the political arena and he composed several philosophies in which he described what he considered to be the most effective ways in which to run a country. In describing leadership, Machiavelli referred more than once that a leader of a country is most powerful if he acts immorally, because if he were to act ethically, it would lead the leadership and the country open to enemies who “will destroy all possibility of an ethical world”.
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to come out of the Renaissance period and his work is still often used to describe political leaders to this day. Machiavelli was well versed in the political arena and
he composed several philosophies in which he described what he considered to be the most effective ways in which to run a country. In describing leadership, Machiavelli referred more than
once that a leader of a country is most powerful if he acts immorally, because if he were to act ethically, it would lead the leadership and the country open
to enemies who "will destroy all possibility of an ethical world" (Emery, 1999). For Machiavelli, Italy at the time needed an ideal prince who could liberate Italy from foreign
rule who needed to be an amoral calculating tyrant in order to do so and unite the Italian people against one purpose. While a countrys peoples natural state should be
freedom in order to maintain this freedom a strong leader is needed to protect the country from outside forces that are only too willing to overtake the power and the
country. It was thought that Machiavellis thoughts were heavily influenced by naturalist theory and the works of Leonardo da Vinci although the two never met. During his political career,
Machiavelli had been imprisoned by the opposing Medici and he saw how the conflict between politicians can destroy what issues are best for the people. He believed that a politician
should concentrate on gaining the trust of the people rather than try and gain the trust of other politicians who are also trying to gain success. He believed in uncorrupted
politicians would be the best natural state but knew this not to be the case (Barton-Kriese, 1997). While Machiavellis ideal prince was to represent and respect the people of the
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