, Research Paper
Machiavelli’s prime motive in writing
The Prince was to encourage Lorenzo the Magnificent to unite Italy. Like
many writers during the Renaissance, Machiavelli was a student of history;
this, tied to his fervent belief in an Italian nation-state, led him to
hope that Lorenzo would use his advice to liberate Italy from its host
of foreign invaders.
The modern usage of the term Machiavellian”
denotes ruthless opportunism and manipulative techniques. And, in fact,
as a practical guide for leadership, the author’s proffered advice lacks
any semblance of morality. But in the Florentine theorist’s world, morality
was in short supply. His paradigm of princehood was Prince Cesare Borgia.
Praising Borgia’s killing and despoiling of as many lords and lands “as
he could lay hands on,” Machiavelli cites this Prince as an almost perfect
archetype of bold rule: “I can find nothing with which to reproach him…
”
The influence of The Prince has been felt
deeply, even in the twentieth century, as evidenced by the actions of such
men as Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, and many other international statesmen. Political
leaders (Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Gordon Liddy, Oliver North, and countless
other Presidential advisers), plus endless hordes of salesmen, advertisers
and authors on managerial techniques all were ardent students of the book.
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