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... Clearly Niccolo Machiavelli missed that lesson! ... According to Aristotle power and happiness lies in virtue whereas Machiavelli believes that power and happiness lies in not necessarily being virtuous but at least appearing to be. Ultimately, power has nothing to do with happiness for Aristotle; unfortunately power has everything to do with happiness for Machiavelli, where in lies the dramatic difference between the two men.
Machiavelli wrote a guide about how to attain political power by whatever means necessary, so you can obviously conclude that the man doesn’t have many morals. ... It’s not so much that Machiavelli disagrees with Aristotle’s views but that in some sense considers them to be naive. Aristotle would want his political leader to be charitable no matter what the costs, however this could possibly leave him broke to uphold his status. Machiavelli’s idea of a perfect leader is a frugal leader. ... ” I’m assuming that by the sound of it, that would be Machiavelli’s motto. ... That’s what Aristotle is trying to get at. I think Machiavelli fails to take into consideration the other things in life; the small stuff. ...
As Machiavelli writes, “It is therefore, wiser to have the name of a miser, which produces disgrace without hatred, than to incur of necessity the name which produces both disgrace and hatred.
Approximate Word count = 1017
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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