What does Machiavelli's The prince say about 'might makes right'?
First of all, read 'The Prince.' There are many good translations, and it is short and easy to understand. You will then know what you are talking about. You will not find Niccolo saying, anywhere, that might is, or makes, right. What you will find is, explicitly stated once and implicit throughout the rest of the book, the statement that while it is always better to be good than to be evil, ethical considerations are irrelevant when it comes to political and military success. The best men are not going to make successful politicians: successful rulers tend to be calculating, ruthless and amoral. Looking at the world around us - in our day as well as his - I think he was right.
Applying Machiavelli's "The Prince" to Hamlet?
Apply the following quote to Hamlet: "A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore, it is necessary for a prince, who wishes to maintain himself, to learn how not to be good, and to use this knowledge and not use it, according to the necessity of the case." *Any help explaining this quote or relating it to Hamlet in away way would be a HUGE help.. thanks!
Does the end justify the means in politics when it comes to achieving power?
First a definition of power. This is important because most people have only ever seen real power from a distance without actually experiencing it so they have all sorts of silly misconceptions about it. Power is not money. Power is not the ability to influence or manipulate others. Power is not the chair you are sitting in. These are all outward affectations of power but they are not power. There are a great many people in this world who possess these things and think that they are powerful as a result. They are tragically mistaken. Real power is two fold. First it is the ability to see three different worlds simultaneously. The reality in front of you, the reality that you want to be in front of you, and the reality that you never want to exist. Second is the ability to change the world from the first state into the second. That is real power. If you have a vision but can't make it real then you don't have power. If you can change the world around you but don't know what you want to change it into and have no direction and purpose then you don't have power. And if you have a vision and know how to make it real but you don't understand the potential consequences of doing so, don't understand the world that you could create if you are careless, then you don't have real power. True power is the raw force of creation. Now to answer your question. The ends always justify the means as long as the means don't prevent you from achieving your end. Violence, Murder, Intimidation, and War are the weapons of an idiot because they inevitably twist and pervert the original vision. You will create the third world, the world you wanted to never exist. And if you are unable to achieve your original vision then you never had power, you never will have power, and you need to begin researching other career options immediatly because politics, people, and the world as a whole are better off without you causing pointless chaos and raitionalizing your incompetence with trite cliches like "the ends justify the means".
Respond to the following quotes from The Prince by Machiavelli?
A prince, especially a new prince, cannot possibly exercise all those virtues for which men are called 'good.' To preserve the state, he often has to often do things against his word, against charity, against humanity, against religion. Thus he has to have a mind ready to shift as the winds of fortune and the varying circumstances of life may dictate. And as I said above, he should not depart from the good if he can hold to it, but should be ready to enter on evil if he has to." "Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion, supported by the majesty of government. In the actions of all men, and especially of princes who are not subject to a court of appeal, we must always look to the end." These quotes are easily summed up as the often proposed idea that the ends justify the means.
In what chapter and where in that chapter does Machiavelli say that he ends justify the means?
This is one of the most frequently repeated misquotations of Machiavelli. He never says it. He does say this in The Prince (Chapter 18): "Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them; and in the actions of all men, and especially of princes, which it is not prudent to challenge, one judges by the result." Another common misquotation is "Politics have no relation to morals." It is funny how Machiavelli is most loved and most hated for things he never said.
The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli?
im reading the prince and im wondering whats the ten most important quotes he wrote in this book What ten most improtant quotes do u think he wrote in this book?
What was Niccolò Machiavelli Famous For?
Niccolò Machiavelli: Born Florence 1469, Famous for his then new, somewhat unorthodox ideas of how a society should be ruled, and Famous for his quote "The End Justifies the Means". Notable Works: The Prince - 1513 and "Discourses on the Ten Books of Titus Livy" - 1517