Machiavelli's "The Prince" vs. Aeschly's "The Suppliants" looking at what each book defines as a "good leader"
Title: Machiavelli's "The Prince" vs. Aeschly's "The Suppliants" looking at what each book defines as a "good leader"
Category: /Literature/World Literature
Details: Words: 1209 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Machiavelli's "The Prince" vs. Aeschly's "The Suppliants" looking at what each book defines as a "good leader"
Category: /Literature/World Literature
Details: Words: 1209 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
It is commonly assumed that a good leader possesses certain characteristics and
abilities that allow him/her to understand and accomplish what is good for his/her
citizens/subjects. Machiavelli, in writing The Prince , is addressing the prince of
Florence directly giving him advice on how to be a successful leader. Aeschylus, in
writing the suppliants, was writing a play not directing one person in particular, but
within the play he displaces what is believed …showed first 75 words of 1209 total…
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would be able to successfully rule a nation, just at different time periods and in different
parts of the world. There is no way to say that one method is better than the other, or that
one ruler would be better than another, but it's fair to say that in current times
Machiavelli's ruler would be most effective in the current political climate.
Aeschylus King of Argos
Vs
Machiavelli's Prince
Chris Speich
POSC. 140 Paper