ory comes from playing the game well. Individualism is also talked about. This is the notion that people are primarily concerned with their own affairs. Machiavelli didnt think people were naturally social or republican, he also believed that the state doesnt determine what it is to be an individual.In the Discourses, a much lager work than the Prince, Machiavelli delineates Romes rise from a small republic to a great empire and the factors that kept Romans patriotic, resolute, and as he often says corrupt. More generally, he again presents a statecraft, as he remarks in the introduction, for instituting republics, maintaining states, governing states, governing kingdoms, organizing the army and administering a war, dispensing justice to subjects and increasing the empire. In some ways Florence was never a republic, b/c it could support it borders. A monarchy and republic are compatible, a tyranny however is opposed to these two. The idea of liberty was different for Machiavevllie, it is defined rather as the notion of self-government, and being an active member of the government. A republic is the most free form of government. The government is best when democracy, monarchy and republicanism are all intertwined and present. Machiavelli realized that the best situation for Florence at the time was to have a leader with absolute power. But he states that even in a monarchy, popular support is still needed by the ruler. A prince should be both loved and feared. However, if a prince has to choose between the two he should chose fear. Love is no essential, but fear is a response to external circumstances that cant be controlled. However, although fear is an effecting way to rule, he admits that it is not the best way to gain popular support.Machiavellis significance or at least originality can be clearly seen when contrasted with classical thinkers. Machiavellis picture of humans and society are drawn when humanity, confronts abnormal, eme...
