The Prince Flashcards
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Teleology
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Telos - purpose Logos - reason
2
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Who was the Prince dedicated to?
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Lorenzo - Medici
Nephew of Lorenzo Magnificent
3
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Why did he write the letter?
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- Written as a piece of flattery to win way back into the family
- Gifting a book of wisdom
4
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What does Lorenzo has going for him?
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Lorenzo has fortune going for him - external factor
5
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Chapter 1
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- table of contents
- states are either republis or principalities
Principalities are either hereditary or new - earses distinction between good and bad regimes
6
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Chapter 2
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- Hereditary states are easier to hold onto because they don’t remember how the leader came to power, no memory to overthrow
- This does not apply to Lorenzo were Italy has recently been overthrown
7
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Chapter 3
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- It is hard to conquer states with different customs and laws, they will not support anyone who shakes things up
- Louis the 12th loosing Milan
- Romans successful example
8
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Chapter 3 Rules for Acquiring States
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- live there
- build colonies
-make friends with weak neighbours - weaken strong enemies
Dont
- empower the people
- rely on army
9
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Chapter 4
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- benefits of centralized vs decentralized war
- its harder to aquire central but easier to maintain, hard to gain access to the rules
- decentralized easy to aquire, hard to wipeout the elites
- its important to know charater and structure that one arms to aquire
- political wisdom always has to adapt to the situation
- let people live there with the same customs
10
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Chapter 5
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Republics are more likely to last
- when people have the taste for freedom they’ll fight for freedom
11
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Chapter 6
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- new kingdoms
- impressive leaders turn something into unified kingdoms who were not kings themselves
- follow path of previous leaders, even if you do not meet that prestige you’ll be on some of the right path
- the greatest leaders rely on their own shoulders
- need bother luck and skill, but relying least on luck
- Lorenzo needs other attributes
- create a system out of their own virtu
12
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Who are the 4 leaders identified in Chpt 6
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- Moses, Cyrus, Theseus, Romulus
Fortune gave them first opportunity but political skill allowed for the to excel - they knew how to influence people to take up arms for them
- their reputations out last them
13
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Chapter 7
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- Borgia
- dad is the Pope no hereditary in the papacy
- takes over Rome
- wins over bothe factions, and crushes one of the factions
- Bribes Signor Palolo to create peace
- curshes the leaders and wins over the people
- Has his henchmen throw a rein of terror, then executes Orcor
- look outwards to create allies
- trys to secure himself with the future papacy
- Mac suggest papacy has sumpreme power in Italy
14
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Chapter 8
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- wickedness
Syracuse - Executes people who would rival his power
- does not endorse that level of cruelty
- Oliverotto: does the same stuff but does not last long
- executed by Borgio
- Cruelty well used, cruelty abused
- swift cruel action but then turn over to win actions of people
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Chapter 9
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- better to be supported by the people than the elite
- ordinary people want to be left in security
- elite strive for power which can distrupt security
- not in favour of democracy
- use people instrumentally
- employ the elite, employ the status of the elite, they will be loyal
- those who refuse to join regime must be killed
