Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli wrote a book which called The Prince. It is about the political ideology of Machiavelli's political realism, which means the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. In this book, he talks about the importance of the concept of virtú. He claimed that rulers have to suppress their personal virtues while sometimes committing improper acts in order to maintain powers and protect their principalities. In Discourses, Machiavelli becomes to extols the virtues of a republic. In general, Machiavelli suggests that a sturdy and free political cultural state should with the applicable balance of power and with strong to rule the people and prevent decay. The word virtú that Machiavelli use in the books

However, in his point of view, a prince has to be virtuous, but it does not mean being virtuous just for virtue. A prince has to do what it takes for the states to completely be virtuous. And no matter how merciless, inequitable, or insincere the act is. As long as the act has the ability to help the state. Also, it should not become an issue of morality. A prince should put the country first; it is more important than any morality that he had. Machiavelli had a good description about Agathocles in the book. He stated that he "always kept to a life of crime at every rank of his career," but also maintained "virtue of spirit and body" (The Prince, p.34). Agathocles murdered all of the rich/senators that lived in Syracuse; this was the most renowned contribution that he have done. He tried to kill the rich/senators that was because he thought them corrupt. Obviously, this is not a

He discussed about the fact that governor have to learn from the lived examples of history. The ultimate aim of Machiavelli was the Great Man Theory. He really wants to build a commonwealth that coalesce to both good and evil; he want to create a republican Virtù that combine of religion, laws and institutions, military establishments, and limited resources. It was all based on the book's description because Machiavelli believes that the inspiration will help the state over themselves. In the beginning of The Discourse, Machiavelli writes about how will men who cannot make decisions will be like. There will be a leader rise up to break away from the people and be able to take a charge of men. Machiavelli also states that virtue is no longer important when it is brought to light about necessity in comparison to choice. The Discourse also introduces the fact that someone's point of view can really affects most people being good or evil. Politics is about the few well-educated people making decisions for the many who do not want to take their responsibility to the society. The well-educated that can lead a ruined country to be stable once again. However, politics has a lost potential in the form of efficiency. If more and more leaders and world powers used The Prince's point of view to think about the way leadership. And more decisions would be made for the good of the whole