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This 6 page paper focuses on the architectural analogy as used by the two theorists. Examples from each theorist are provided.
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that they must lay a foundation to gain the trust of the people. These analogies have been used for centuries. According to a student, "Aquinas and Machiavelli use architectural analogies
in order to explain political life. Of course, the use of metaphor and analogy is quite common. Architectural analogies are quite useful in explaining political life. Both Aquinas and
Machiavelli craft a way to express what they see as prudent and how to live in respect to politics. They are both storytellers, providing anecdotes and analogies to better explain
what they want to say, but at the end of the day, one has to ask, what are they saying? What has Machiavelli and Aquinas truly contributed to political thought?
Are they simply telling stories? What are they saying with the use of these architectural analogies? St. Thomas Aquinas is well known for listing virtues and vices of people.
Many know these as the seven deadly sins and much has been made of this in popular culture. What is also attributable to this theorist, but not as well known,
are his ideas are concerning the building blocks of behavior. In essence, the people are ruled by their desires and this architectural analogy to some extent helps to explain human
behavior. One may think of people being made up of emotions, desires, good and evil. These are the building blocks of human nature and are attached to natural law. These
are natural feelings. Here, St. Thomas Aquinas uses the architecture analogy to forge the relationship between natural law and human law. In studying this subject, questions arise. How might
one explain political progress if in fact natural law never changes? Aquinas was a religious man and unlike some others who theorized about natural law, Aquinas saw it as something
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