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Political Ideas & Political Thought
Tutorial Report on Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince (chapters 1-6; 15-18; 24-26)
Due: Monday 1 September 2003
1. Machiavelli claims to be innovative. ... (ch15ff)
In this chapter Machiavelli writes of the relationships between princes and his subjects and friends. ...
Machiavelli talks about the difference between how one lives and how one ought to live and anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done learns his ruins rather than his preservation. A man who wishes to make a vocation of being good at all times will come to ruin among so many men who are not good, hence it is necessary for a prince who wishes to maintain his position to learn how not to be good and to use this knowledge or not to use it according to necessity.
If Aristotle spoke of virtue between two vices, Machiavelli makes virtue one of the extremes and vice the other with principles in between; choose one or the other according to the circumstances without being afraid to choose vice because choosing virtue sometimes may be your downfall. Here, Machiavelli implies that the world is full of “bad” people so there should be good and bad in all humans especially of princes. I believe that Machiavelli bases his realism on practicality and perceives his views as representative of how the world actually is rather than how others have imagined it to be. ... What qualities should a prince have and display? (ch 16-18)
Machiavelli believes that a prince who is well known for generosity will eventually be harmed, “In our times we have not seen great deeds accomplished except by those who were considered miserly; all others were done away with”.
Approximate Word count = 1410
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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