POLI 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cesare Borgia
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Machiavelli"s prince: (machiavelli: people thought he was evil some through he was writing satire, some thought he was a republican, some thought he wanted to separate morality issue from politics. Machiavelli"s positions: relation b/w virtue and goals of prince: (two different traditions, augustinian christians: He is operating when christianity was very important at the time. They thought the prince represented the virtues of jesus: humanists: The goals of the prince: honour, fame and glory. The prince has to be virtuous to be successful. The humanist wrote advice books for the price to help him be more virtuous: machiavelli: he thinks that either of those virtues at the time would end the prince, ends: fame, glory, honour. He believes that these are the goals for the prince to make him act accordingly: power. Honour, fame and glory will make the prince keep his political power and keep political order: advice: