Analyze the critique of the Catholic Church presented by Machiavelli in "The Prince" and show how Machiavelli reveals the true nature of the Church and devises ways to counter them.
Date Submitted: 05/10/2004 05:46:47
Category: / Social Sciences / Politics
Length: 7 pages (2010 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Politics
Length: 7 pages (2010 words)
Machiavelli has long been "an object of hatred to moralists of all persuasions, conservatives and revolutionaries alike" for his "cunning, duplicity, and the exercise of bad faith in political affairs" . Yet, he remains one of the most important Philosophers of all time for his views on leadership and political power. Inadvertently, there lies something of value within his texts that is inherently constructive as opposed to his morally degraded thoughts. Within his book "The Prince", …
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…who was schooled in the ways of humanity and morality for the purpose of exploiting it for his own personal good.
Bibliography 1)Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, Penguin Books, England, 1999 2)Hans Kung, The Catholic Church : A Short History, Random House, New York, 2001 3)Quentin Skinner, Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, New York, 2000 4)Bernardo Machiavelli, Libro di Ricord, ed. C. Olschkii, Florence, 1954 5)Geoffrey Barraclough, The Medieval Papacy, C.S. Graphics, Singapore, 1992 6)http://www.emachiavelli.com
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