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An 8 page overview of the views of Niccolo Machiavelli in "Il Principe" ("The Prince") written in the sixteenth century. Machiavelli outlines the tactics which he sees important in a ruler advancing the interest of their states and themselves in the future in a unified Italian state. Emphasizes that while these writings could be defended as indicative of Machiavelli's virtuosity and high morals, however, they are really more indicative of a man for whom the end justified the means regardless of how immoral and condemnable those means may have been. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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The term machiavellian, in fact, has evolved as a synonym for those words. Machiavellis name has also been associated with seriousness and intelligence, however, a man who realized
that in order to accomplish a goal one had to proceed in a fashion that sometimes could be perceived as ruthless. Indeed, many proclaim that Machiavelli was a man
of virtue and high morals. To determine whether or not this is the case we can look to the writings of the man himself. In 1513 Machiavelli wrote
"Il Principe" ("The Prince") a book which he followed up in 1520 with "LArte della guerra" ("The Art of War"), and in 1531 with "Discorsi" ("Discourses") (Hutchinson Dictionary of World
History, 1998). Each outlines the tactics which he sees important in a ruler advancing the interest of their states and themselves in the future in a unified Italian state.
While these writings could be defended as indicative of Machiavellis virtuosity and high morals, however, they are really more indicative of a man for whom the end justified the
means regardless of how immoral and condemnable those means may have been. Machiavelli was manipulative to say the least and certainly could not be described as a man of
virtue. Niccolo Machiavelli lived between 1469 and 1527 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). Born in Florence he would serve as the
second chancellor to the republic between 1498 and 1512 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). In 1512, however, Machiavelli would be thrown from his position and imprisoned on the
charge of conspiracy with the accession of the Medici family (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). On his release in 1513 he took his family into exile in the
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