Niccolo Machiavelli

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For Machiavelli, politics was about one and only one thing: getting and keeping power or authority. Everything else?religion, morality, etc?that people associate with politics has nothing to do with this fundamental aspect of politics?unless being moral helps one get and keep power...
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The only skill that counts in getting and maintaining power is calculation; the successful politician knows what to do or what to say for every situation. With this insight, Machiavelli in The Prince simply describes the means by which individuals have tried to seize and to maintain power...
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Lao-Tzu, Machiavelli, and the American Government Lao-Tzu's "Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching" and Machiavelli's "The Qualities of a Prince" both have the ultimate goal of making better leaders. The tactics that each writer chooses to present as a guide for the leader are almost opposite of each other...	3 / 614
Machiavelli Lao-Tzu in two different lands and two different times. Lao-tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher from 6th century BC, the author of Tao-te Ching, and Machiavelli was an Italian philosopher who lived 2000 years after Lao-tzu's time, author of Prince...	3 / 714
lao tzu Perhaps the most distinct differences between Machiavelli's and Lao-Tzu's are their beliefs in how a government should be run. Whereas Machiavelli writes about the qualities a prince should have while instilling a totalitarian government, Lao-Tzu strongly believes that one cannot have total control, so everything should run its course...	2 / 360
Lao Tzu He was a philosopher attributed with the writing of the Tao-Te-Ching and the reputed founder of Taoism. ("Tao" meaning the way of all life, "Te" meaning the fit use of life by all men, and "Ching" meaning text...	3 / 569
Lao-Tzu Lao-tzu greatly believed in good government, being a passive leader, not feeling superior to the people, moral behavior, and looking beyond material things...	3 / 568
Confucius And Lao Tzu Confucius was brought to the world sometime in 551 BCE in the state of Lu. Confucius was born to the name K’ung Ch’iu, and his father died when he was only 3 years old, leaving his family to a life of poverty...	2 / 500
Lao Tzu To find the way. What exactly do we mean by this statement? This question is exactly what I asked myself while reading Thoughts from the Tao-Te Ching. Not only did I seek to find the answer to this question, but I also evaluated my thoughts and deeply considered the positive and negative answers as well...	3 / 576