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OP In his little book "The Prince" Machiavelli's purpose was to describe what he thought was the ideal Prince . A sort of guide to be of use for rulers, dedicated to Lorenzo Il Magnifico of Florence. It's a pity that the definition for 'machiavellian' has become: Characterized by cunning, deception, and expediency.
Of the described qualities a good ruler should have the capital one one is 'virtue' ( virtu ), which means strenght, justness of descision and more.., other than the meaning we now give to the word. It's a very sympathetic and readable book in which he very clearly describes the needed components for a well ruled state.
( among which also cunning, deception and expediency)
At the same time it gives an interesting image of the contemporary ( High Renaissance ) political background situation; Kings, City States and Popes.
We had a thread on 'virtue', but I can't find it.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Machiavellian BranShea 10/29/09 11:21 AM Re: Machiavellian LukeJavan8 10/29/09 04:36 PM Re: Machiavellian kah454 10/29/09 05:41 PM Re: Machiavellian zmjezhd 10/29/09 06:18 PM Re: Machiavellian BranShea 10/30/09 10:30 AM Re: Machiavellian kah454 10/30/09 01:45 PM Re: Machiavellian BranShea 10/30/09 11:08 PM Re: Machiavellian Argent 11/01/09 03:51 PM Re: Machiavellian BranShea 11/01/09 07:29 PM Re: Machiavellian Faldage 11/01/09 10:44 PM Re: Machiavellian Jackie 11/02/09 05:35 AM Re: Machiavellian tsuwm 11/02/09 05:48 AM Re: Machiavellian kah454 11/02/09 02:12 PM Re: Machiavellian LukeJavan8 11/02/09 04:51 PM
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