ECH 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tyrant, Leading Seaman, Roman Republic

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 2310
• Professor: Michael Williams

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Important to remember: discourses, unlike the prince, was not written to gain any favors. He makes it clear that he thinks a republic is the best form of government, provided that it follows the stellar example of the roman republic. The discourses is a treatise on ruling and retaining rule in a republic political system. Roman republic and the causes of its longevity. Even if the next prince is bad, the republic ensures that the state will continue to thrive even after the good prince has died. Book 1: summary the inner-workings of a republic there are 3 different types or species of a republic. > balance of power between government: principality (monarchy, aristocracy, democracy (popular) Republic - a state not ruled by a monarch or prince but headed by elected officials accountable to a larger citizenry. States that a republic has the opportunity to emerge as an empire (like.