Port-au-Prince

Machiavelli believes it is safer to be feared than loved. He states that “it is desirable to be both, but because it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer for a prince to be feared than loved, if he is to fail one of the two” (Prince). Princes, in Machiavelli’s eyes, needs to be feared because if he fails, it is safer to be feared than to be loved. Machiavelli favors fear over love for many reasons. One of the reasons are his views on politics as well as past experiences on…

“The Prince” has been known for its controversial perspective on traits inherent in human nature during the Renaissance Era. You guessed it! This weeks’ speaker is Niccolò Machiavelli! Machiavelli was…

his dream and in 1513 he wrote his best known work, entitled The Prince, Principle II. In his book his main focus was on the way a good ruler or prince should perform. He illustrated his own intensely practical convictions with frequent examples from the historical record. He argued social benefits of stability and security in a way anyone can achieve this act, even if he was faced with moral corruption. In general, it was…

Nicolo Machiavelli was of the former thinking. In his book “The Prince,” Machiavelli gives guidance on what believes to be the best practices for ruling. However, Machiavelli’s suggestions for ruling is all from the standpoint of fear, and not out of character. Ruling out of fear may work for a time, but given enough time the citizens will eventually conspire against the governing entity and form a revolt. Machiavelli wrote “The Prince” as a guide for ruling, governing, and maintaining…

Although Louis XIV’s reign branched towards despotism and collaboration via several of his methods, holistically, Louis XIV was an absolutistic leader. His ideology centered around “the divine ordination of monarchy; the king’s absolute grant of power from God; complete denial of the right of resistance; the indefeasibility of hereditary right; and the corroboration of coronation” (Fox 140). Paul Foxes writing on the theories that Louis XIV adhered to is notably valuable because Fox extracted…

Patrick Henry’s Techniques Patrick Henry successfully involved emotional, religious, and logical appeals to contribute to his purpose of convincing the colonists to enter the war against Britain. Furthermore, these persuasive techniques used in his speech at the Virginia Convention truly influenced the world. Henry’s performance includes several examples that validate his argument. Emotional appeals, often referred to as pathos, appeared in Patrick Henry’s speech highlighting the mental…

We needed a place to live as soon as possible. Luckily a farmer in town let us come live in his vacant farm house if we were willing to fix it up ourselves and pay rent. My mother was all for it. We spent several days over there before we moved in painting walls, floors, and ceilings. I remember going to school with paint on my fingernails and in my hair. We scrubbed windows I thought would never come clean. By the time we moved in, we had a brand new home! We still didn 't have money in this…

The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is a controversial work of literature that offers the frightening reality of how any government is truly ruled. It varies from the popular patriotic belief that our nation does no wrong, and produces the idea that greed, lies, and sin are necessary evils to a functioning nation. During Machiavelli’s time there were many transitions of power, as mankind was still settling in, and it seemed necessary to him to outline steps for the new rulers, the…

The film centers on Louis Campos, a 43 year old happily single perfumer in France. Louis is taken care of constantly by his family, which is composed of his mother and five sisters. After his sisters came to a breaking point, tired of taking care of Louis as he is a grown man not a little boy, the family council (called G7 and composed of the five sisters and Louis’s mother as the head) voted to get Louis married so his new wife, instead of them, could take care of him. Louis is angry by this…

Prince Del Roy Mekhi Guenther was born on June 15th of the year 1998. He was born to his parents, Queen Tiffany & King Michael. They lived in a beautiful castle along with the other royal offspring & the highly favored grandparents. Gloria & Charles were the truly beloved grandparents of the spoiled children. Princess Naysia, Prince Darian, & Prince De’Vaughn joined Del Roy in being “ The Royal kin of Racine”. At the beginning of the childrens’ lives, King Michael & Queen Tiffany decided to part…