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Machiavelli

Machiavelli. The Prince. Who was he?. The first modern political thinkers Born in the city of Florence, in 1469 Educational background. Chris Barthruff Jidapa Ittipong Hao Qiu Pinyarat Sirisomboonsuk Jeff Thompson. The Prince. What did he do?.

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Machiavelli

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  1. Machiavelli

  2. The Prince Who was he? • The first modern political thinkers • Born in the city of Florence, in 1469 • Educational background Chris Barthruff Jidapa IttipongHao Qiu Pinyarat Sirisomboonsuk Jeff Thompson

  3. The Prince What did he do? • Secretary of the Second Chancery • Secretary to the Council of Ten War • Supervisor of the Florentine militia • Prisoner • Writer • Military arrangements for Clement in • Florence Chris Barthruff Jidapa IttipongHao Qiu Pinyarat Sirisomboonsuk Jeff Thompson

  4. The Prince His Most Famous Work • The Prince • Derived from his observations about human behavior, leadership, and foreign policy • Derived from “Ceasare Borgia” • Dedicated the book to Lorenzo Medici Chris Barthruff Jidapa IttipongHao Qiu Pinyarat Sirisomboonsuk Jeff Thompson

  5. Supreme Realist Studied the tawdry side of rulership Ultimately Pragmatic Webster's definition: Main Entry: prag·ma·tism 1: a practical approach to problems and affairs 2: an American movement in philosophy founded by C. S. Peirce and William James and marked by the doctrines that the meaning of conceptions is to be sought in their practical bearings, that the function of thought is to guide action, and that truth is preeminently to be tested by the practical consequences of belief Machiavelli

  6. Commonly Thought of as Devil Incarnate Referenced “Murderous Machiavelli” over 400 times in Elizabethan literature Bertrand Russell called The Prince, “a handbook for gangsters” Nobel Prize for Literature 1950 Mussolini called it, “vade mecum for statesman” Pocket Reference Ally of Adolf Hitler Napoleon referred to The Prince as, “the only book worth reading.” Machiavelli

  7. Is often thought to disregard morals where politics is concerned. Is associated most aptly with the philosophy “the end justifies the means”. Machiavelli

  8. Core Beliefs: Insights into the Man Said his country is more important than his soul Saw the affairs of state as the highest order Saw people as powerful or powerless Machiavelli

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