A Comprehensive Review of 'The Prince' by Machiavelli

A Comprehensive Review of 'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli
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A Comprehensive Review of 'The Prince' by Machiavelli
The Prince was published in the sixteenth century, written by Niccolo Machiavelli. The book's context traces the political history of Renaissance Italy from its adored Medici regime to its desperate situation during the war with France in the early sixteenth century. The author divides the entire book into twenty-six chapters with four parts. The first three parts throw light on the types of principalities and armies and the behavior of a prince to acquire and uphold power. He uses simple language and logic to communicate his secular political ideals by bluntly distancing ethics from politics. Therefore, his political doctrine has been considered amoral for possessing a controversial theme of religion vs. power. Machiavelli's political realism in 'The Prince' is a helping guide for rulers with episodic context to Italy's political transformation in the Renaissance age. At the same time, it describes amoral laws based on secularism and individualism.
The Prince is about the political power in Renaissance Italy, as addressed to Lorenzo de Medici, who had a significant impact on the classical history of rulers in the country. He articulated his secularism and individualism by demoralizing politics and several patronizing artists. Although many critics and scholars contribute to the idea that Machiavelli provided a fundamental guide to rulers by writing The Prince and dedicating it to Lorenzo de Medici, many other scholars mark it as a critique and satirical note on the politics in Renaissance Italy. However, a more significant percentage of critics evaluate his prose as a set of rules for governors worldwide without presenting an ideal utopia but providing a realistic view of renaissance rule in south-central Europe. Besides, the author devotes the final part of his book to suggest the correct civil dimensions for the Italian people in position by taking evidence from the magnificent Medici history (Machiavelli, 2016). When the state was experiencing historical administrative upheavals due to the war between Italy and France. Thereby, the author reminds them of the glory of their past with secularists in power like Lorenzo de Medici and recommends the qualities or virtues of a good ruler to regain control and maintain it.
Machiavelli wrote a book of twenty-six chapters to express his political realism and Machiavellian school of thought regarding government. He does not use abstract language or complex logic to convey his philosophy of power. Instead, the author uses simple language and comprehensive doctrine to insist on a strictly demoralized political perspective. He was the pioneer of secularists instilling the light on the amoral behavior of the governor or 'the prince' to acquire and sustain a position. With its twenty-six chapters, the book shows four different but interconnected fragments; the first part comprises the principalities, the second segment deals with the difference between dangerous and reliable armies under the proper military attitude of a prince, and the third section signifies the personality and conduct of the leader. In contrast, the final part throws light on the frantic political condition of Italy (Machiavelli, 2016). In other words, in the first three parts, the author describes the elements necessarily required to be a good and firm leader.
Machiavelli's school of thought prefers a prince to be feared than loved. At the beginning of the book, Machiavelli begins with principalities to demonstrate a stable government's first and fundamental component. He compares and contrasts the difficulties a prince may face in different states and how to sustain honor and discipline in political crises based on principalities. The author withdraws from any discussion about republicans and divides the states into hereditary, mixed, new, and ecclesiastical principalities. By classifying the states into various parts, he suggests the appropri...