Machiavelli
In the past, many writers and philosophers have concocted stringent guidelines on how humans, as servants of God, should properly conduct themselves. These elite thinkers, such as Augustine and Dante, are deeply religious and vehemently scorn those who stray from the Lord. To them, a life of sacrifices is the only appropriate way to live. Their beliefs have been so deeply imbedded in the morale of society that anyone who opposes them is destined for ridicule. However, despite the good odds of criticism against such ideas, a newer breed of writers in the middle ages began to preach ideas of pragmatism: a kind of partial morality. One such writer is Niccolo Machiavelli, who, in The Prince and in the play “Mandragola,” preaches synonymous controversial ideas against his society’s Catholic norms. Christine De Pizan preaches similar unique ideas in A Medieval Woman’s Mirror of Honor: The Treasury of the City of Ladies, when she appears to teach Catholicism but rather contradi!cts herself by encouraging pragmatism. Both writers give identical and realistic guidelines, rather than religious guidelines, to how one should act in society. De Pizan’s overall work, however, is confusing in comparison to Mach
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Approximate Word count = 1943
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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