Lao-Teh-Ching Vs Machiavelli

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In the Lao-tzu’s Tao -Teh-Ching, and Machiavelli the prince they both have similarities in what they believe are the ultimate purposes of government. Also, what seems to be the obligations of the leader to people being led. What seems to be the main work of the state. Throughout passages I saw that Machiavelli’s approach were less poetic and more pragmatic than Lao-tzu’s. Where areas Lao-tzu’s tone is more biblical, Machiavelli’s is that how to book, relevant to a certain time and place. Machiavelli believes that a prince or a leader should be very well put together, and powerful. He shows in his writings that the three things most important for a prince are war, discipline and institutions. In his passages it tells its most important that

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