POL S 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Republic Of Florence, Political Philosophy
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Lecture 5: intro to machiavelli and the prince. Kicked out of politics because a banking family came back into power and. Believes that action in the government is most important. The prince was written for people who were going to rule (specifically the. Manual, teaching princes how to rule (and do so evilly) People associated machiavelli with devil figure because he advocated for cruel ruling. Another point is that machiavelli was just trying to show how to rule calmly. Keeping citizens content and free because of the prince"s rule. The great want to oppress the many because they have the ability to. Prince needs to keep the great in line so that the common people can live, managing how much the great oppress the many. Economy of violence, how to best use your rule and power to benefit everyone else. Machiavelli is searching for the foundation and maintenance of power.
