Dr, Kaushik Mitra,
Head,
Department of Political Science, Lucknow Christian Degree College, Lucknow.. U.P. India.
Machiavelli continued......
SEMESTER IV.
TOPIC: MACHIAVELLI
iNATIONAL
STATE
Ø He
became the forerunner of the theory of national state when he laid down that a
state should expand up to the limits of ethnic homogeneity.
Ø He
did not use the term of nationality in the modern sense but indicated that
commontraditions, language and legal system were forces which made a state
united against other states.
Ø He
advocated for an expansionist state like the Roman expansionism and not like a Greekcity
state.
CONCLUSION
Ø He
was the 'Father of Modern Political Theory' who introduced new possibilities in
political philosophy.
Ø He
was the first exponent of 'power politics'
Ø He
was a sincere patriot.
Ø He
believed in hedonistic morality
Ø He
was an extreme individualist
Ø He
was pragmatic devoted to classical antiquity.
Ø Dr. Murray: ' Machiavelli was clear
-sighted, not far-sighted.'
Ø C
J Fox: 'What is morally wrong can never
be politically right.'
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