Machiavelli's "The Prince": By Any Means Necessary
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Part 15 of Machiavelli's The Prince, entitled Of the Things for Which
Men, and Especially Princes, Are Praised or Blamed, states that, in order for a
man to maintain control of a government and better that territory, he must
engage in certain actions that may be deemed immoral by the public he ser ....
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.... the author at the mercy of the reader and prepares them to hear an idea
that may not be popular. Having been asked forgiveness for the pride of the
author, the reader drops barriers that he may have against arguments driven by
ego and opens his mind to Machiavelli on a personal, sincere level. By placing
himself at the feet of the reader, Machiavelli puts himself and his argument in
a position of power. He wastes no time in using this power to gain more control
over the reader. In th ....
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