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The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli. “He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. “ - Niccolò Machiavelli. Maria-Belen Coral. The Prince. Originally dedicated to Lorenzo de’Medici Discusses the different types of principalities (hereditary, new and mixed)

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The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

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  1. The Princeby Niccolò Machiavelli “He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. “ -Niccolò Machiavelli Maria-Belen Coral

  2. The Prince • Originally dedicated to Lorenzo de’Medici • Discusses the different types of principalities (hereditary, new and mixed) • Explains the means through which principalities can be attained by prospective rulers • Identifies three different types of military and discusses their effectiveness • Suggests the proper behavior and characteristics of a successful prince

  3. Working Thesis Statement Throughout history and pop culture, Machiavelli’s expression of political ideas and philosophy in The Prince stand as paradigms for those exercising reign or power over individuals.

  4. “NiccoloMachiavelli- The Cunning Critic of Political Reason”By: Barnett, Vincent, History Review, 09629610, Dec2006, Issue 56 “Secondly, it must be understood that Machiavelli's work was part of the political and national context of a Florentine Republic that is 500 years distant from twenty-first century liberal democracy. Machiavelli's era was that of the Medici family, of naked conquest by military force”

  5. The Medici Family • Son of Cosimode’Medici, “Godfather of the Medici reign” • Italian diplomat and politician • Avid patron of the arts and academic studies • Pazzi Conspiracy • Golden Age of Florence Lorenzo de’Medici

  6. Alessandro Botticelli.Adoration of the Magi. c.1475. Tempera on panel 1.  Lorenzo the Magnificent2.  Poliziano 3.  Pico dellaMirandola4.  GaspareLami 5.  Cosimo the Elder 6.  Piero the Gouty 7.  Guiliano de' Medici  8.  Giovanni de' Medici 9.  FilippoStrozzi 10.  JoannisArgiropulos 11.  Sandro Botticelli 12.  Lorenzo Tornabuoni

  7. V for Vendetta (2005) “At times, Machiavellian has served as a synonym for diabolical; in our own time, it denotes the cynical and unprincipled conduct of organizational leadership, especially leadership of the state.”

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