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Quiz 1 (Mach 1) Flashcards

Machiavelli Prince Chpts. 1-14

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Machiavelli Theory

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  • Humans have no predetermined end
  • We can overcome nature
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Machiavelli History

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  • Born 1469 during Italian Ren
  • Rose through the ranks in Florentine civil service
  • Arrested for conspiracy in 1513
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Florence

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  • Medici controlled
  • Republic in 1494-1512
  • Back in Medici control
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Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino

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  • Nephew of Lorenzo the Magnificent
  • Prince was written for him not flattery
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Dedication

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  • Implies commoner has better ruling perspective than LM
  • Says fortune is LM’s best quality (bad because fortune is not a quality)
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Chapter 1

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  • Distinguishes between republic and principality
  • Erases distinction between good and bad regimes
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Chapter 2

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  • Hereditary princes don’t have to worry as the state is established
  • Continuity is crucial (jab cause Medici’s lost continuity)
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Chapter 3

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  • Difficult to acquire new states due to regional diffs
  • Need to live in new state, build colonies, don’t rely on occupying army
  • Tax raising is a no
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Chapter 4

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  • Benefits of centralized v. decentralized rule
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Centralized Rule
Decentralized Rule

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  • Harder to get easier to keep
  • Easier to get harder to keep
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Chapter 5

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  • Rules for new kingdoms, ruin, reside, permit own laws and customs
  • Republics are stronger so prince must cultivate appearance of freedom
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Chapter 6

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  • New principalities governed by not previous royals ruling non previously principality
  • Need more skill than luck (virtù)
  • Romulus, Theseus, Moses, and Cyrus as examples of above
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Romulus, Theseus, Moses, and Cyrus Chapter 6

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  • Relied on luck to find their opportunity
  • Virtu to make the best of it and have long-lasting influence
  • Success by mobilizing subjects
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Unarmed Prophets

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  • 4 big guys
  • Claim they were unarmed but really they kind of were but are unarmed because they aren’t remembered for being armed
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Friar Savonarola

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  • Tried religion for power, was exposed as a fraud
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Hiero of Syracuse II

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  • King by people, ruled in existing law
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Chapter 7

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  • Cesare Borgia/Duke Valentino
  • Papacy has supreme authority
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Cesare Borgia/Duke Valentino Chpt 7

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  • Dad the pope sets him up to rule
  • He crushes two big fans, puts a guy in power who is the worst then kills him for favour
  • Dad dies and he falls ills shortly, misfortune
  • Roman Catholic Church was his greatest limit
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Chapter 8

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  • Rulers who came to power wickedly
  • Agathocles and Oliveratto
  • Cruel actions early will ensure later trust
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Agathocles and Oliveratto Chpt 8

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  • A killed Senate and stayed ruthless
  • O was cruel and was killed by Borgia
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Chapter 9

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  • Private citizens becoming princes through the favour of fellow citizens
  • Ruler needs people’s support, aren’t threatening
  • Elite want power
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Chapter 10

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  • Ruler has to be self-reliant, able to raise own army
  • Weak and must shelter if not
  • Power measured in how easily they cam mobilize people
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Chapter 11

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  • Ecclesiastical state
  • Princes stay in power no matter what
  • Temporal power of Catholic Church, not political
  • Italy cannot be ruled by competing forces, Church doms as Borgia could not overcome
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Chapter 12

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  • Attack and defense
  • No good laws without good armies
  • Mercenaries and auxiliaries are dangerous, talented M will always try to increase power
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Chapter 13

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  • Auxiliaries are troops sent by another ruler to help you
  • If they lose, you are ruined, if they win, you are in their power
  • Principality that does not have army is not secure
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Chapter 14

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  • War should be a prince’s main goal
  • No armed man will follow an unarmed
  • Prince should also read histories of great men and their wars to imitate
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King Louis XII

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  • Tried to take Venice
  • Failed because he did not live there, establish colonies, protect minor powers, weaken strong factions, and guard against foreign powers

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