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It would become one of Machiavelli's most famous maxims. [49] Machiavelli's view that acquiring a state and maintaining it requires evil means has been noted as the chief theme of the treatise. [50] Machiavelli has become infamous for such political advice, ensuring that he would be remembered in history through the adjective "Machiavellian". [51]
Machiavellianism (or Machiavellism) is widely defined as the political philosophy of the Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, usually associated with realism in foreign and domestic politics, and with the view that those who lead governments must prioritize the stability of the regime over ethical concerns.
Machiavelli concludes that "Two things are to be considered here: one, that one has to seek glory in a corrupt city by modes other than in one that still lives politically; the other (which is almost the same as the first), that men in their proceedings—and so much the more in great actions—should consider the times and accommodate ...
In the first chapter of Plato's Republic, authored around 375 BC Thrasymachus claims that "justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger", which Socrates then disputes. [8] Callicles in Gorgias argues similarly that the strong should rule the weak, as a right owed to their superiority.
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), one of the main founders of modern political science. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian philosopher /writer, and is considered one of the most influential Italian Renaissance philosophers and one of the main founders of modern political science. [32]
Niccolo's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli is a translation of Machiavelli's diaries and memoirs by Maurizio Viroli, a scholar from the University of Bologna, Italy, and Princeton University. Published in 1998 using Machiavelli's original source materials, the author recreates his biography.
An extremely rare first edition of Niccolò Machiavelli’s famous political manual “The Prince” is going up for auction, with an expected sale price of up to $375,000.
In The Republic, Plato's character Socrates contends repeatedly that a particular common goal exists in politics and society, [13] and that that goal is the same as the goal for a flourishing human being, namely, to be a philosopher king, [14] ruled by the highest good, Reason, rather than one of Plato's four lesser goods: honor-seeking, money ...