Contrasting the Prince and the Sovereign: Considering Hobbes’s political theory with reference to Machiavelli

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04/18/2009

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Table of Contents Contrasting the Prince and the Sovereign: Considering Hobbes’s political theory with reference to Machiavelli Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Contradiction in thought between The Prince and The Discourses
  3. Machiavelli's advocating of the totalitarian prince as an immediate practical improvement
  4. Hobbes and the three forms of government
  5. Machiavelli: Good forms of government and bad forms of government
  6. Conclusion
  7. Works cited

Abstract

This approach contrasts with hobbes's Leviathan, in which his focus is drawn more towards the social conditions and state of nature which leads a plurality of people to elect the sovereign. Whereas machiavelli gives little consideration to the state of nature or the fundamentally contractual relationship which exists between a leader and the people, both ideas figure prominently into hobbes's discussion of political power. Besides, in the dedication to Francis Godolphin, hobbes admits that "I speak not of the men, but (in the abstract) of the seat of power" (2). By saying this, hobbes is allowing for a certain amount of distance between his writing and the actual practical political affairs of the day.

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