Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Outlast, Tyrant

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2237E
• Professor: Douglas Long

Document Summary

Machiavelli was a passionate citizen of florence who wanted a job with the medici despite them torturing him. Machiavelli was an ardent supporter of the republic system of government; even in the. Prince where the goal was to flatter the medici, he wrote in favour of republicanism over principalities; machiavelli wrote that conquering a republic required you to wipe out every citizen, because they so loved their freedom, glory, and republic. Machiavelli writes that politics is a dirty business, the highest stakes game in the world that has its own autonomous rules>>it is a public game that cannot be played with private rules. Politics is a power game, not a virtue game; it is a direct, unfiltered drive of human power; In this ever-changing world, the politician must do what is necessary. Machiavelli"s discourses are a commentary on the history of rome.