Friday, December 10, 2010

comparison

1.In general the government in are life changes. In the past it used to be blood lines so the son king would hold the thrown next. the king would make laws assist in battle strategies to take over other kingdoms, and that way of  making leaders was called a monarchy. And then later on the people decided to handle thing democratically were two people would discuss what they would offer the people if elected as what they would call president. Each way of creating leaders had their advantages like, monarchy if its a direct bloodline as in son or daughter the king or queen will teach them their way of leading so their would be only one political party, so as the only political party there would be no conflict and everywhere inside the kingdom would be in harmony (except when they increase taxes). And an advantage with the democratically is the people get to decide on who gets to lead them so as long as he does a good job the nation he`s leading will be doing great (unless he`s raising taxes).
1.5 In the middle ages exploration wasn`t very popular because most cities had walls and lots of people were middle class or peasants. So most people had not the supplies to leave the cites and towns they lived in to explore the world due to their lack of wealth resources and feudalism.
2.I believe promising future is the most important item on the list, because during the beginning of the middle ages everything was pretty bad corrupt government very few resources low population ect. The only thing that kept the people going was hope of a promising future. See food shortages and low population were bad but the only that kept people going was thinking about if we made a difference the future may look promising. Things in the present may be bad but thinking about the future will make things better because people will try to do knew things that can make a promising future happen so when that becomes the present so it wont suck like my brothers cooking.
3. The age of enlightenment is basically supposed to be a time were their is no war the world is in harmony. And also there is suppose to be new technological advances that was supposed to help mankind in anyway possible. And that man will lay down their guns so there is no pursuit in violence but a pursuit in knowledge.
4. Voltaire was one of the Greatest figure in the enlightenment. Born in a middle class family he wrote countless plays novels pamphlet`s letters essays that brought him wealth fame and wealth. Voltaire was especially known for his criticism on the religion of Christianity and his belief in religious tolerance.Throughout Voltaires he rocked at his religious philosophy based on reason and natural law, he also believed that the universe was a mechanism and god was the mechanic that built it up. He also believed the world was like a clock and the earth will keep on spinning without interference set by his natural laws. and thats why he made an impact on the age of enlightenment.   
5.  In my past life (A.K.A middle school) i was mostly excluded from everything i only had one friend for two years then i was sad. I probably had more enemies than Osama Bin Laden at the time. But even though that timed sucked all I knew was life is a dark tunnel and as you walked through it some things may knock you down the only thing to do is pick yourself up wipe off your pants and keep moving forward because soon you shall be out of the tunnel and you will see the light.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Machiavelli possible opion on Macbeth

I would think that Machiavelli would respect Macbeth`s ways. Because Macbeth has many angles to cover he knows how to manipulate people into doing his dirty work for him and make himself look like the victim so he is not a suspect.If anybody had actually read Machiavelli`s book they would understand that to rule you have to work many different angles. A quote from Machiavelli is "if you want something let nothing stand in your way". Like what Macbeth is doing he wants to be king so nothing is going to stand in his way even if it means killing people (boy what determination). So yeah I would say Machiavelli would say that Macbeth is a pretty good leader. 

King Duncan

King Duncan was a honorable king. He cared very much about his people. That may have been good for his followers but a king who cares too much and does not raise an iron fist now and then should be considered a dead king because if you are nice your people will follow you. But also if you are nice other kingdoms or your followers will think you are weak so you are susceptible to assassinations because you are too much of a wimp to do anything. So king Duncan may have been a good man but he is too much of a wimp to not to get assassinated.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

leader

The type of leader that is most effective type of leader for me is a leader that does not underestimate any person he is leading. Because in the past I have been in groups were the self ignited leader only picked people he knew for important strategies instead of asking anyone else in the group for a more effective strategy or having people outside the circle doing anything because the reason why people hang outside the group is because they don`t feel included so they don`t do anything even though they could have more skill than anyone their. So the kind of leader for me is the one that will use all of his resources for anything. I would say that Machiavelli would be a great leader. Because he had strategies that always worked he knew how to make a prince successful and how to take is enemies down and making sure they stayed down. He had strategies that would help today`s leaders. His ways of taking power were the right ways unlike every leader today. he knew what to do and to use everything he can. So thats why he`s the kind of leader for me.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Machiavelli

Machiavelli he was an old philosopher a long time ago he was very smart he has many quotes that can help you with many things whether its making a kingdom follow every word you say or destroying or protecting kingdoms everywhere. My opinion on one of Machiavelli`s best quotes was "in order lead you must be able to command" . Because when you lead an army or a kingdom or even in a camping trip if you want people to follow you must know how to command them and that could happen in many ways like hitting with a large tree branch or even saying pretty please but what does matter is if they follow you so some people all you have to do is say please but for others you may have to bop them upside the head till they fear you then they will follow you so their are many ways for different to make your followers obedient you just have to find your way. The teachers say you have to find a quote that would not help any leaders in any way but their is no Machiavelli quote that is bad every quote has a purpose some quotes are better than others but they all have one thing in common they all have a purpose and advice that will help you in a way. For Pizarro I would recommend is the one i just mentioned in order to lead one most know how to command. Because instead of throwing a bible in the Incas leaders face he should of figured out a way to command or reason with him so then Pizarro would not have to kill the 80,000 people he could reason then command the Incas so everyone could win but not the Incas as much.