Marx

Marx Machiavelli in his classical style dedicates chapter eight to those who become princes by crime. Without much fuss over moral issues; he quickly sinks his teeth into the depth of the matter. Chapter eight is entitled “On Those Who Have Become Princes By Crime” and just as the title promises the next few pages are dedicated to this “sacred” task. In typical Machiavellian style I would like to set out a plan for this essay and will adhere to it without fancy rhetoric or superfluous words. First I shall summarize chapter eight, afterwards a critique will follow, In the critique I will discuss the validity of Machiavelli’s argument and other various points that he makes. Machiavelli starts chapter eight with a diagram of dichotomies, “But as there are two ways to rise from private citizen to prince…” These two ways are through “some criminal or evil conduct” as Machiavelli puts it, or the rise to power “through the choice of his fellow citizens.” This chapter moves on to deal in some detail with the first, the rise to power through evil deeds. Machiavelli chooses to provide the reader with two examples, one from antiquity and the other from his own era. The machiavelli, power, one, people, chapter, two, eight, cruelty, prince, must, makes, evil, way, time, through, point, out, once, glory, first, deeds, without, syracuse, similar, should, rise, points, means, man, machiavellian, hope, goes, cruel, clearly, become, army