Nicccolo Machiavelli was one of the greatest thinkers of modern thought; he ultimately exhibits his brilliance in The Prince. He understood that human transformation of the world resembles what we have gained and what we continue to gain in forever radicalizing and questioning tradition and customary ways of thinking. It can be argued that Machiavelli’s over-arching goal of writing The Prince was to establish the reunification of Italy. In his work he outlines the groundwork needed to achieve such
Niccolo Machiavelli had many contributions during the Renaissance Era, due to the fact that he wrote a powerful book about politics, which is still to this day used. Politics increased immensely around 1532, when Machiavelli’s book, ‘The Prince’ was published. Machiavelli was an Italian philosopher, political theorist, diplomat, musician and writer of the Renaissance period. He always claimed he was not a philosopher, yet had all the traits to be one. In this essay the reader reading this will know
would be created if a Machiavellian prince were to lead would be beneficial solely to the prince, as the prince would have absolute power of the state and would be able to ruthlessly destroy anyone who stood in his way. The people wouldn’t be able to trust each other, or the government, as the ruler would attempt to deceive them at all points. The rich elite class could have all their power given or taken whenever the ruler felt like it. Meanwhile, the prince would be completely alone and unthreatened