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Machiavelli

The different views taken by two major European influences about government ideals. The Prince versus Utopia.
“During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in the conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man,” said, English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes in an unconscious agreement with Machiavellian rule. Contrary to the view portrayed by Hobbes, Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher, says quite the opposite, “Life without utopia is suffocating, for the multitude at least: threatened otherwise with petrifaction, the world must have a new madness.” Is it madness to be suppressed by a ruler or by the complete uniformity of a community? These are two ideals to consider when comparing The Prince, written by Niccolò Machiavelli and Utopia, written by Sir Thomas More.

When looking for the definition of the word “utopia,” it is possible to stumble upon one of two things: A state of social or political......


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