ACS 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Extortion, Classical Republicanism, Political Philosophy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Arts and Contemporary Studies
• Course: ACS 300
• Professor: Jo Kornegay

Document Summary

Machiavelli witnessed the havoc wreaked on italy by spain, france, hre and fractious italians themselves. Scholar of latin and ancient rome, worked in tradition of civic humanism. The prince a (cid:449)ork of politi(cid:272)al theor(cid:455), sour(cid:272)e of ter(cid:373) (cid:858)ma(cid:272)hia(cid:448)ellia(cid:374)(cid:859), (cid:272)omplex work provoking de(cid:271)ate o(cid:448)er m(cid:859)s i(cid:374)te(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d his theories, (cid:449)ritte(cid:374) i(cid:374) tus(cid:272)a(cid:374) diale(cid:272)t of italia(cid:374) Sa(cid:455)s (cid:449)e (cid:374)eed a (cid:862)prude(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d (cid:272)apa(cid:271)le(cid:863) pri(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)ho (cid:449)ill u(cid:374)if(cid:455) ital(cid:455) a(cid:374)d dri(cid:448)e out the foreig(cid:374) invaders (43) Pri(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859)s mai(cid:374) goal: - to protect the state and maintain civil order. Literar(cid:455) i(cid:374)terlude: (cid:272)o(cid:374)sider the pri(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859)s spee(cid:272)h i(cid:374) hakespeare(cid:859)s (cid:862) o(cid:373)eo a(cid:374)d juliet(cid:863), a(cid:272)t 1 scene 1, lines 88-109. To achieve it, the prince must retain power. Generally, to gain and maintain power, the prince must be a pragmatic realist. Prince says to not make threats unless you are ready to actually to the act of that threat acts towards the creditability of your position.