Machiavelli what are his beliefs in The Prince
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Machiavelli's claim about humans being selfish aggressive and endlessly acquisitive are suggested very clearly in all his writings. He addresses ideas on human nature and its affect on powers of governments, which seems to be politically enticing, to correctly laying out standards for rules in his writing, The Prince.
Imagine living in a state ruled by one person who has all control and power over every citizen's actions. Where, the virtues of a person are to be that of civic duty. This idea of a state is what Machiavelli believes is a positive way of life for a state of people. Arising from this idea many implications of how much control each citizen should have, as well as a governmental leader should have and must show. Machiavelli implies many thoughts including, although it is hard to create and last long a republic it is the best form of government. No one according to Machiavelli acts voluntarily to help others, but is only doing this action for some kind of self- interest. Due to this idea he, as stated in The Prince, claims "that to keep citizens under control and quiet a ruler must, either ruin them completely or make your residence among them."(13)
Although Machiavelli believes human nature is an act of selfishness, in The Prince he seems to allow this character to act in self interest...