This is first oif all treated as the most important attribute of political leadership. (查看原文) SyampuuiYojeon 2012-02-05 19:04:42 —— 引自章节:The Theorist of Liberty Cicero had declared in De Officiis that 'there are some acts either so repulsive or so wicked that a wise man...
The reason behind his cruelty and terror as instruments are simply instruments of leadership – not because he finds joy in harming and scaring others. The effective truth of the matter is that certain times call for punishment and putting fear into people in order to keep power. For those ...
You do come up with some take away quotes that are pretty horrifying. I mean he says things like, “Sometimes if you’re a ruler, you sometimes have to be prepared to do evil. You have to enter into evil ways in order to protect your state,” and that kind of thing even now, eve...
This seems to be what interests Parks. The bulk of his review recounts the life of Machiavelli, which leaves very little to motivate the extreme and self-righteous judgment of Alexander Lee. Machiavelli devoted himself in service toFlorence; and, as Parks quotes, wrote in 1513, "My poverty ...
The current Medici leaders did not possess the same leadership qualities as their ancestors, Lorenzo the Magnificent and Cosimo the Elder, so Machiavelli wrote The Prince as a guide to Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino, on how to unify Italy and maintain power. Another theory about the purpose of The ...