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 se ....
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.... places 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 t ....
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