MACHIAVELLI VS. ROUSSEAU
Machiavelli and Rousseau were two great minds of European history. They both developed ideas on how to run a country. The two shared some of their views even though they were centuries apart, however, some ideas were very contradictory.
Machiavelli believed in a very strict form of government. His time, 15th century Italy, was a time of princes and control over everything. People fought wars just to gain another city and blood and guts was a common occurrence. Machiavelli knew that a prince must be strong to gain his power, and must be strong to keep it. He thought it right to do anything it took to get this power, whether it was moral or not. Perception was everything to Machiavelli. Even though a prince may be a good person, his public persona could not be the same. Honesty must be put aside at times for evil will do anything – every dirty little trick in the book – to triumph over good. Therefore, good men have no choice but to return......
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