PSCI 2302 Study Guide - Final Guide: W. M. Keck Observatory, Social Inequality, Harm Principle
3 Nov 2018
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Study guide for psci2302 (history of political thought part ii) Machiavelli is a highly gendered text (very masculine) Key terms: aquistare (acquire-material gain, lo stato (state or status of a political condition- cyclical, virtu (virtue- bravery and skilled- manly skilled, fortuna (fortune- luck and chance- a force of nature) The type of advice machiavelli offers is perspective. When machiavelli writes, he writes politics as a landscape. Chapter 1: he has a focus on principalities and republics. Chapter 3: mixed principalities, living under a prince, free, own arms (do it yourself, other arms (hire someone else to do it for you- caesar and. If you conquer a republic, you either have to destroy it or you have to live in it to keep the peace. For machiavelli, making a political order reflects what your vision is. The most dangerous political endeavor one could take is creating a new order. Machiavelli says that jesus and moses are bad examples of political leaders.
