At the beginning of The Prince Machiavelli, chapters 1-10, he discusses many different ways the princes come to power and how they stay in power. In these chapters, he touches on ways rulers become successful and the ways they can destroy their palace and how they can be a successful ruler. This part of the work of literature is the guideline for the do's and don’ts for rulers based on current and past success and failures. The rest of Machiavelli’s work of literature discusses his new approach to ruling an empire, by humanism. This proposition of how a Prince should rule is based on the belief that a set of practical ethics should be used rather than the past theoretical ways presented by divine authority or Catholic dogma. This new set of guidelines focuses on humanism; where the belief that men should live their life in happiness. The old ideas of living established a set way on how men should live, whereas in reality it was not close to how they actually live. This new idea focused on the treatment, accomplishments, and human needs that a Prince should focus on while in rule. In chapters 16 through 19 Machiavelli proposes his suggestions, using a humanism approach, on
At the beginning of The Prince Machiavelli, chapters 1-10, he discusses many different ways the princes come to power and how they stay in power. In these chapters, he touches on ways rulers become successful and the ways they can destroy their palace and how they can be a successful ruler. This part of the work of literature is the guideline for the do's and don’ts for rulers based on current and past success and failures. The rest of Machiavelli’s work of literature discusses his new approach to ruling an empire, by humanism. This proposition of how a Prince should rule is based on the belief that a set of practical ethics should be used rather than the past theoretical ways presented by divine authority or Catholic dogma. This new set of guidelines focuses on humanism; where the belief that men should live their life in happiness. The old ideas of living established a set way on how men should live, whereas in reality it was not close to how they actually live. This new idea focused on the treatment, accomplishments, and human needs that a Prince should focus on while in rule. In chapters 16 through 19 Machiavelli proposes his suggestions, using a humanism approach, on