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The Prince by Machiavelli

The Prince , in its entirety , deals with political power politics which has been talked about , debated upon and has been a of discourses over the years , from the time the book was first published to the contemporary times . This book somewhat reflected Niccolo Machiavelli 's character of being a good observer and with an acute skill in assessing political power , its strengths and weaknesses , how it is acquired and how it is lost

A general consideration is taken that The Prince was written with the hands and mind of a man who

lived centuries ago , hence we can presume that what were forwarded as ideas herein are not generally applicable in our concept of the states in contemporary times . It is said that Machiavelli was not a systematic thinker and makes his analysis of history during his time which was filled with conflicting events hence no specific can be attributed with that particular time in history . Eventually , one can surmise that The Prince 's contents are not general rules of politics that ought to be recognized and applied in our times . When we speak of The Prince , one would immediately be led to point out that the most recognizable concepts in Niccolo Machiavelli 's book are the concepts of the principalities and one rule of grabbing power phrased as the end justifies the means ' The first deals with its acquisition and governance , while the latter encapsulates , with brevity , the modes of its acquisition , specifically through armed conflict and deception

Machiavelli , in explaining the of the principalities , stated its kinds and the specific means as to how these states are to be acquired and governed . It is interesting to note that Machiavelli started to write this book with the of the principalities . It seems that he recognized the truth that majority of all conflicts of political power were initiated directly or indirectly with adverse claims between two conflicting parties on ownership or the rule of territorial lands or estates

In Machiavelli 's own words , principalities are either hereditary , in which case the family of the ruler has long been in power , or they are new . The new ones are either entirely new as Milan was to Francesco Sforza or they are , so to speak , members added to the hereditary possession of the prince who acquires them as the Kingdom of Naples is to the King of Spain ' With this , he enumerated the kinds of principalities , though loosely defined indicating a lack of information cohesion , whereby he just stated these in their generalities not with specifics

Literally , within the historical context , an original copy of the first publication of the book was given as a gift to Lorenzo de Medici . But based on the question whether or not this book was intended for the general reader or not , an affirmative answer for both is proper . As the study of politics is within almost the entire university courses curriculum today , it 's a must to have a general working...

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