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Niccolo Machiavelli
Furthermore, even among those virtues that are applied to the greater good of the state, there are no absolute virtues. Machiavelli returns to this theme and treats it more extensively at the end of the first Discourse. The level of compliance, according to Machiavelli however, is voluntary in a sense that the populace is uninterested and unwilling to play a role ā not necessarily unable. He divined the future, and became the prophet of the Renaissance. As much as the work was intended to persuade the favour of the ruler, it was written under the intent of being studied and having its suggestions considered.
(PDF) The Trajectory of Machiavelli's Concept of State in Early Modern Politics
They are not engaged in the betterment of the state as it conflicts with their personal ends. Machiavelli asserts that the greatest virtue of the French kingdom and its king is the dedication to law. Although there has been much debate about whether Machiavelli was truly a friend of princes and tyrants or of republics, and hence whether we should dismiss one or another facet of his writing as ancillary or peripheral, the questions seems irresolvable. Machiavelli observes that one can say this in general of men: they are ungrateful, disloyal, insincere and deceitful, timid of danger and avid of profitā¦. Machiavelli removes this connection between ethical necessity and political reality. With these assumptions toward human nature, Machiavelli excludes the possibility of a ruler being loved by his subjects.
(PDF) THE PRINCE OF MACHIAVELLI: AN ANALYSIS OF THE STATECRAFT
This sort of studies rested the foundation for a new chapter in political thinking in 17 thcentury. Self sufficiency of the state means the state will have its own army, a strong and unified government, unity and integrity among the people and solid economic foundation. While cruelty may not be a virtue, for example, the ability of the ruler to use cruelty when appropriate would be considered virtuous by Machiavelli. His perception of ethics and politics are starkly different than of those before him. Machiavelli gravitates toward this apocalyptic solution because he has failed to render the apparent contingency of the political world intelligible by containing it with analytical categories, ordering it with general rules, or analogizing it with metaphors for fortune.
How to Hold and Retain Power: A Machiavellian Approach
What he asked was the creation of one powerful state in Italy, founded on wise and just laws and capable of defending itself. His description of human nature is wrong. Here it is apparent that aside from the practical assurances that a strong military provides, Machiavelli feels that it also creates a real image for both domestic and interstate affairs that the state is a healthy stable environment. It was within this context that Machiavelli wrote his work. Favoured despotic ruler: Machiavelli did not recommend the republican form of Government, because republican form requires virtuous, honest and patriotic citizens. Why, then, has Machiavelli come to be known as the originator of a complete doctrine merely because of a few detached phrases which were only desperate cries of misery? His writings were treatise on the art of government rather than the theory of state. Although Machiavelli also suggests that cruelty be administered suddenly and all at once, so that the population may forget it as soon as possible.
