Is it better to be feared or loved? This is a famous, controversial quote from the fifteen hundreds from a Renaissance author named Niccolo Machiavelli. Throughout chapter seventeen of Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, Machiavelli examines why it is better to be feared than loved. “Love conquers all things: let us too surrender to love.” (Virgil, Oct, 5 2012, Similar Quotes: "Love conquers all..."-Pithypedia.com. ) Love is a very powerful feeling in a human being, and is essential to one’s life
Is it better to be feared, than loved? The theme of Machiavelli’s “The Qualities of the Prince” is that a strong leader must lead by fear. He explains that love does not allow for the control nor respect that is necessary to a leader’s success. Does his theory hold true to today’s society? An example of such a leader today would be a teacher. Teaching is a position that necessitates the respect and obedience of students. Only in this way does A teacher have what is needed to be successful, and
line with Machiavelli’s views on being feared or loved, attaining/maintaining power, and reputation better? Machiavelli’s views on ruling pertain to princes in the 16th century, but dictators, such as Suddam Hussein, and presidents, such as George Bush, alike have adopted Machiavelli’s teachings to maintain their power. Machiavelli urged princes to rule by whatever means necessary and argued that being fear proves more powerful than being loved. He believed that people respond favorably
“It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” This quote has a lot of meaning to me, not only because they say this quote on my favorite Disney Movie “Alice in Wonderland”. This quote means that it is much easier for people to be frightened of you than people to love you. Allow me to explain further. In the movie “Alice in Wonderland” the red queen is feared by many and she says it in the movie herself. She says, “It is far better to be feared than loved.” It’s better to be feared
Machiavelli says it is better to be feared the loved. As for that statement, I strongly disagree. He does have means for saying that, but his morals are wrong. Machiavelli shows himself to be a person who does not understand the importance of love and acceptance, for him all that is important is power and conquering. First, he says “A prince should make himself feared in such a way that, though he does not gain he love, he escapes hatred.” Clearly, Machiavelli does not understand the importance
keeps a prince in power. Machiavelli always states that it is better for a ruler to be merciful than to be cruel. A ruler must be somewhat cruel in order to keep his subjects united and loyal, yet he must be merciful as to not drive always his subjects. Also, Machiavelli believes that it was better to be feared than loved. He believes it is simply safer and that the nature of man makes it harder to overthrow a feared leader than a loved one. I agree with most of the points Machiavelli makes. I do
The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli CHAPTER XV Concerning Things For Which Men, And Especially Princes, Are Praised Or Blamed IT REMAINS now to see what ought to be the rules of conduct for a prince towards subject and friends. And as I know that many have written on this point, I expect I shall be considered presumptuous in mentioning it again, especially as in discussing it I shall depart from the methods of other people. But, it being my intention to write a thing which shall be useful to him who
reflects on the psychology and morality of the politician remains marginal to movement of the Renaissance and the Reformation. Yet it is very necessary to study him when you want to know more about the beginnings of modern politics. If a leader is loved, he will realize good things, it will encourage his subjects or subordinates to excel, to strive for the welfare of the kingdom, the country, or the company. But, only when their personal situation will be safe and sound. At the slightest sign of danger
on being powerful, tricky and sometimes dishonest. This book was meant to change leaders that were in trouble, to support them to be a better leader. If a leader was in trouble, Machiavelli’s book will help them to succeed at achieving that goal. In one of Machiavelli quotes, he talked about what a prince could do to get out of trouble and to become a more better leader. He states, “[The Prince] is rendered despicable by being thought changeable, frivolous, effeminate, timid,
weak and that a mobile army is far more effective. 4. Why does Machiavelli say that is better for a prince “to be both loved and feared” Is it possible for a prince to be both? Explain. It is good to be loved because people will praise you and trust you. It is better to be feared because they will respect and obey you. It is possible to be both but if you had to choose he says it is better to be feared. Theoretically it is, but realistically, I think not. 5. In Chapter 20, what three bits
gives people a chance to show that they are generally good by nature, and everyone can live together without fighting. Also, if people gave up material things, the world would be a better place. If the world today wasn’t so caught up with having the next hot item, or how they looked, then people would have more time to better themselves, and it would create a more equal opportunity for everybody. However, one flaw in Lao-Tzu’s government is the lack of interaction with other countries. Imports and
stated that princes should rather be feared than loved. Hitler chose his army to be his own rather than be mercenaries or auxiliaries. He also wanted two kinds of principalities, “new” and “mixed”. Machiavelli also described how to hold on to the lands a prince gained, which Hitler took into account. Machiavelli stated “it would be best to be both loved and feared…the two rarely come together…” Hitler had rare qualities that made him both loved and feared by people. This is one of the reasons
people experience through their life. Sometimes it could be the fear of losing a loved one, the fear of a certain situation like getting mugged or others that you have to deal with like the fear of dying in war. In “The Things They Carried” the soldiers all carried a few types of fear. For all of them, they carried the fear of dying. For Lieutenant Cross, he carried the fear of his soldiers dying. Cross also feared that he would never get to be with Martha. Just like those soldiers, I carried many
fifteenth century, he would have defended his country and restored the success and power they once had. Machiavelli became a politician at Florence in 1498, which was four years after the Medici family had been expelled from the city. Machiavelli loved politics, and was always traveling between Italy, Germany, and France. However, with the French defeat and Spanish victory over Florence in 1512, Machiavelli was sent into exile. Forced to give up politics, he decided to write books, which reflected
Carter Bushway Short Answers For The Prince 1. The governing of acquired territories. I. There will always be troubles with the governing of acquired territories. One reason is that anytime men are able to take up arms against the local government so that they may improve their lives; they are fooling themselves. A prince will have to do harm those who helped him rise to power because he is forcing them to live with any of the problems he will have taking the principality and holding
principalities. His throughout process was that of a war strategist for good reason. Machiavelli touches on whether it is better to be loved or feared which is a popular discussion even in leadership today. His thought is that in order for a prince to remain in power, he must avoid the hatred of his people. It is not necessary for him to be loved but it is better for him to be feared. With that said, a price
decision to actually use such a powerful weapon. Although Machiavelli makes it clear in The Prince that it is important for a ruler to be loved and considered clement by his people, Machiavelli made it even clearer that is more important for a ruler to be feared than loved. In chapter VIII of The Prince, Machiavelli wrote that it, “is much safer to be feared than loved”, thus making dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki a perfect example of this Diego Regin 2 ideal(Machiavelli Ch. VIII)
give himself the fame of a great man and of an excellent talent in every action of his.” (Machiavelli 89) In Chapter XVIII “ Of Cruelty and Mercy, and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved Than Feared, or the Contrary” Machiavelli lists in his writing traits to be a succesfull Prince. He expresses how it is better to be feared rather than loved and to recognize the people around you and in
that it is generally better to be frugal because lavish spending will lead to jealousy. It will also lead to higher taxes, and will make the prince unpopular. Machiavelli believes that it is important for the prince to be cruel. It is important for him to punish appropriately in order to have the respect from his citizens and his army. On the issue of admiration Machiavelli states that a prince ideally should be loved and feared, but it is more important that he be feared. It is more likely that
Joseph Stalin was a true Machiavellian, better yet the definition of one. He possessed the five characteristics that a leader needs to be considered a Machiavellian leader. Being feared or loved but not hated, having the people’s support, convincingly displaying virtues, using one’s own arms, and intelligence are key to being a Machiavellian leader ("Characteristics of a Machiavellian Leader"). Joseph Stalin showed all of these traits and characteristics throughout his dictatorship of the Union of