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Chris Barthruff Jidapa Ittipong Hao Qiu Pinyarat Sirisomboonsuk Jeff Thompson

The Prince

The Prince

Presented by:

• Christian Barthruff

• Jidapa Ittipong

• Hao Qiu

• Pinyarat Sirisomboonsuk

• Jeff Thompson

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Agenda

•Italy 101

•Machiavelli’s Biography

•Machiavelli’s Values and Ideas

•Key Points for Business

•Game




Italy Profile

• Italian History

• City States of Italy during the Renaissance


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Republicof Genoa

Lombardy

Republicof Venice

Kingdomof Naples

Kingdomof Sicily

•Genoa

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•Venice

Rome

Naples

Turin

Republicof Florence

Florence

Milan

Vatican

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Italy in the 15th Century


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Republicof Genoa

LombardyRepublicof Venice

Kingdomof Naples

Kingdomof Sicily

•Genoa

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•Venice

Rome

Naples

Turin

Republicof Florence

Florence

Milan

Vatican

End of the Roman EmpireThe emperors and popes fought for

control, both were weakened.

The City States 1450

Florence, Venice, Milan• Independent

• Republic, liberty

• Center of business and trade

• Political power by the governing class

• Rich and powerful families

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RepublicOf Genoa

LombardyRepublicof Venice

Kingdomof Naples

Kingdomof Sicily

•Genoa

•

•

•

•

•Venice

Rome

Naples

Turin

RepublicOf Florence

Florence

Milan

Vatican

Florence:• Medici family• Support brilliant figures of the Italian Renaissance (Michelangelo Buonarotti, Leonardo da Vinci…

Venice:• Center of trade (Mediterranean Sea)• Stable and efficient government

Milan:• Strategic position• City hired mercenary troops.• Francesco Sforza Duke of Milan

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The City States


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France

SpainItaly

Swiss

Germany

Austria

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European Powers




Machiavelli’s Biography




Who was he?•The first modern political thinkers

•Born in the city of Florence, in 1469

•Educational background




What did he do?

•Secretary of the Second Chancery

•Secretary to the Council of Ten War

•Supervisor of the Florentine militia

•Prisoner

•Writer

•Military arrangements for Clement in

Florence




His Most Famous Work

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•Derived from his observations

about human behavior,

leadership, and foreign policy

•Derived from “Ceasare Borgia”

•Dedicated the book to Lorenzo

Medici


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Machiavelli

What did he think?


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Machiavelli

• Supreme Realist– Studied the tawdry side of rulership

• Ultimately Pragmatic– Webster's definition: Main Entry: prag·ma·tism

• 1 : a practical approach to problems and affairs

• 2 : an American movement in philosophy founded by C. S. Peirce

and William James and marked by the doctrines that the meaning of

conceptions is to be sought in their practical bearings, that the

function of thought is to guide action, and that truth is preeminently

to be tested by the practical consequences of belief


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Machiavelli

Commonly Thought of as Devil Incarnate– Referenced “Murderous Machiavelli” over 400 times in

Elizabethan literature

– Bertrand Russell called The Prince, “a handbook for gangsters”

• Nobel Prize for Literature 1950

– Mussolini called it, “vade mecum for statesman”• Pocket Reference• Ally of Adolf Hitler

– Napoleon referred to The Prince as, “the only book worth reading.”


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Machiavelli

• Is often thought to disregard morals

where politics is concerned.

• Is associated most aptly with the

philosophy “the end justifies the

means”.


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Machiavelli

• Core Beliefs: Insights into the Man– Said his country is more important than

his soul

– Saw the affairs of state as the highest order

– Saw people as powerful or powerless


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Machiavelli

• Rule of Fear or Love

– Research:

• Seems to indicate that his ideas work

• Also indicates that the antithesis works

– Conclusions?

• You must choose your poison.


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Key Points from The Prince

- Sit with your group

- Discuss everyone’s ideas

- Pick one of the best key points

- Share your ideas with us


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Game: What would Machiavelli do?

If he discovered his boss in a

compromising situation with the

CEO’s wife?


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Scores for Personality Test

The Machiavelli personality test has a range of 0-100.

• High Machs (Higher than 60)

• Average Machs (Equal 60)

• Low Machs (Lower than 60)


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. . . Thank You . . .

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Documents

prince slide

prince european powers

renaissance slide

milan independent republic

business game slide

th century slide

vinci venice

efficient government