Machiavelli Influence On The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence on June 21, 1527. He was an Italian student of history, government official, ambassador, savant, humanist, and author, who is perceived as the organizer of cutting edge political science and political morals. He was for a long time an official in the Florentine Republic, with obligations in political and military issues. He additionally composed comedies, jamboree tunes, and verses. His own correspondence is famous in the Italian dialect. He was secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of force. He composed his most prestigious work The Prince (Il Principe) in 1513 after the Medici had recouped force and he no more held a position of obligation in Florence. He is regarded as the first political thinker of the Christian era. His controversial views expressed in the Prince were not reflective of the man himself. His life at the time he wrote the Prince can be seen as somewhat of a failure. He never attained the great power he wrote so amicably about. His great success was achieved post mortem.

In the first decade of the sixteenth century, he completed a few political missions. He was heavily influenced by Cesare Borgia from 1502 to 1503, when he witnessed the ruthless

reality of the state-building routines. Cesare Borgia and his dad, Pope Alexander VI were then occupied with attempting to bring an extensive piece of focal Italy under their ownership. The appearance of safeguarding Church hobbies was utilized as a fractional avocation by the Borgias. They employed ruthless tactics to secure their position but became benevolent once it was attained. This gave birth to Machiavelli’s theory that the end justifies the means.

Somewhere around 1503 and 1506 Machiavelli was in charge of the Florentine local army. He doubted hired fighters (a doubt he clarified in his official reports and afterward later in his hypothetical acts as because of their unpatriotic and uninvested nature in war, making their steadfastness whimsical and excessively inconsistent when most required), and rather staffed his armed force with subjects, an arrangement which turned out to be effective ordinarily. Under his summon, Florentine resident troopers vanquished Pisa in 1509. In any case, Machiavelli's prosperity did not last. In August 1512 the Medici, sponsored by Pope Julius II utilized Spanish troops to crush the Florentines at Prato, albeit numerous history specialists have contended that this was because of Piero Soderini's unwillingness to bargain with the Medici who were holding Prato under attack. In the attack's wake, Soderini surrendered as Florentine head of state and left estranged abroad. This experience would, similar to Machiavelli's chance in outside courts and with the Borgia, vigorously impact his political compositions.

After the Medici triumph, the Florentine city-state and republic were broken down, and Machiavelli was denied of office in 1512. In 1513 the Medici blamed him for conspiring against them and had him detained. Having been subjected to torment ("with the rope", where the detainee is swung from his bound wrists, from the back, compelling the arms to hold up under the body's weight, along these lines disengaging the shoulders), he denied inclusion and was discharged after three weeks.
Machiavelli then resigned to his bequest at Sant'Andrea in Percussina and dedicated himself to study and the written work of the political treatises that earned his place in the scholarly improvement of political logic and political behavior.
Machiavelli’s work is very reflective of his time. Many other scholars of this era were focused on the practical and the real approach to things. Leonardo Davinci was studying anatomy to try and answer questions of how things work. While Leonardo was dissecting people; Machiavelli was dissecting politics. He had an amoral approach to politics that was not seen before. From my interpretation of the prince, it is a moral realism at its best. The ideal of deciding to do something and doing it till the end is one of my favorite principles of Machiavellianism.
"Machiavellianism" is a generally utilized negative term to portray corrupt legislators of the sort Machiavelli depicted in The Prince. His views are often associated with tyranny. Mussolini and many others were influenced heavily by Machiavellianism. Act boldly in the beginning, make your first priority the protection of your power and then appear merciful. Machiavellianism focuses heavily on power. What is power? How do you get it? And once you have it, how do you keep it? According to Machiavelli you must do everything to keep it. The end always justifies the means once the means and you must do everything in the best interest of the state.
I see Machiavellianism practiced more in business and foreign politics more so than US democracy. Microsoft vs. Netscape is a prime example of Machiavellianism. When Microsoft rose to power they did not just beat Netscape they eliminated them. Crush your opponent is a strong focus of Machiavellianism. It is essential for the security of the realm; or in this case the company. Famous people who have been heavily influenced by Machiavellianism include Tupac Shakur, 50 cent, Margaret Thatcher and many more. They have employed his methods in their successes and expressed support for his works and his teachings.
Although Machiavelli is celebrated in present day Italy his works were banned as hierarchy for centuries.

Machiavelli’s works supported whst he called the new prince. A new prince is someone who could rise to power versus and old prince who is simply born into power. This challenged monarchies and the church. It was the English that were really responsible for the negative reputation of Machiavelli. His works threatened their very structure of government with ideal that anyone can simply raise to power by being tactical and crafty. Modern day scholars see no need to fear the works of Machiavelli because they regard the prince as simply a book on trickery that exposes the

trick.
I myself have always heard and read negative things about Machiavelli prior to doing research. He has even been regarded as a sadist by some. I view Machiavelli as a realist. I see him and his teachings as authentic truths about power and politics. I can however see that the implementation of such practices in present day society would be deplorable. Thinking of the greater good or living a life where your actions are not subject to morality does not fit in our society. I would not want to live under the rule of a dictator who could savagely execute justice with the ideal that he end justifies the means. That is simply not acceptable. Considering only the majority on any issue is unjust. If our laws today supported these practices then we would probably not be experiencing the many freedoms we do today.
It is my belief that if Machiavelli had a chance to experience life today he would have a much different outlook than his most famous work, The Prince. He would see how democracy works more effectively because power is shared through a system of checks and balances. He would also see how absolute power only corrupts and does damage to the prince and to the state. I do wonder if he would be appalled or proud that his writings helped to influence some of the most ruthless dictators while influencing some of the most powerful businesses. All in all it would be great for him to see the major impact he has had on the world.