https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq Machiavelli...creator of dictators? en-us 2016-10-31 17:12:23 UTC 2023-02-23 15:27:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134298606 Born in 1469 to semi-wealthy Italian nobles in Florence, Italy, Machiavelli developed an infatuation of books at a young age. He worked for years in the Florentine Republic, where he helped the powerful Medici family with diplomatic and military affairs. In the years that the Medici family were removed from power in Florence, Machiavelli went on to write his most famous work, "The Prince" in 1513. He passed away at age 58 in 1527.]]> 2016-10-31 17:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134298606 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134300242 The man himself]]> 2016-10-31 17:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134300242 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134311457 Though the picture is of modern Florence, the city looked much the same when Machiavelli lived there.]]> 2016-10-31 17:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134311457 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134333844 Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513 after the overthrow of the Republic forced him into exile. It is widely regarded as one of the basic texts of Western political science, and represents a basic change in the attitude and image of government. Instead of the more traditional target audience of a hereditary prince, it concentrates on the possibility of a "new prince". A new prince has the more difficult task in ruling: He must first stabilize his newfound power in order to build an enduring political structure. Machiavelli was infamous for promoting the idea that a ruler must be concerned not only with reputation, but also must be positively willing to act immorally at the right times.

]]> 2016-10-31 19:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134333844 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134337927 2016-10-31 19:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134337927 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134338365 2016-10-31 19:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134338365 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134338589 In his spare time, Machiavelli wrote carnival songs and comedies]]> 2016-10-31 19:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134338589 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134354717 "The Prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for this is the sole art that belongs to him who rules, and it is of such force that it not only upholds those who are born princes, but it often enables men to rise from a private station to that rank." ]]> 2016-10-31 21:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134354717 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134355027 "Upon this a question arises: whether it is better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeeded they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you. And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined; because friendships that are obtained by payments, and not by nobility or greatness of mind, may indeed be earned, but they are not secured, and in time of need cannot be relied upon; and men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserved you by a dread of punishment which never fails. Nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred; because he can endure very well being feared whilst he is not hated, which will always be as long as he abstains from the property of his citizens and subjects and from their women."]]> 2016-10-31 21:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134355027 innisj https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134355121 2016-10-31 21:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/innisj/qqm6zwwfr5xq/wish/134355121