POLS 2900 Lecture 11: Machiavelli

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2900
• Professor: Michelle Mawhinney

Document Summary

11/20/15: background he has political experience as a diplomat (the examples from the book are his own experiences) diff than aristotle that sees politics in a different realm moral and ethical values vs. getting your hands dirty the political realm has nothing to do with the higher classes the state doesn"t have much to do with politics. Plato and aristotle focus on the good, and the end in which the state must serve politics is fundamentally different and distinct than the state in terms of living an ethical life the external world is dynamic and is prone to constant change take the chaos and change and institutionalize it (so that they balance each other out) political rule that requires the use of force/cruelty/arms: his break from tradition (christian/ medieval and classical) i. theme of war and militarism, he deters from christianity, educated as a humanist, discourses: resurgence of republican behavior.