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Machiavellis The Prince with Erasmus Education of a Christian Prince

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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The Education of a Christian Prince by Desiderius Erasmus

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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli , and The Education of a Christian Prince by Erasmus of Rotterdam provide precisely opposite point of views regarding the conduct and purpose of princely rulers for effective government

Machiavelli discussed the qualities that applies to a prince so that he can maintain the best control of the power to which he has laid claim

For him , military power is one of the most important qualities a prince can have . He writes about it , saying : .among the cause of evil which being unarmed brings you , it makes you contemptible , which is one of those infamies against which the prince must guard himself '1 and .a prince must not have any objective nor any thought , nor take up an art , other than the art of war and its ing and discipline because it is the only art that pertains to him who commands '2 For Machiavelli , the ruler must always have the readiness to sustain political control by force . He states that a ruler must be feared than loved , but not hated saying that .a prince must not care about infamy and cruelty in to keep his subjects united and faithful '3 and that it is best for the ruler to listen to the needs and wants of the people because they will offer you the...

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