Machiavelli Wiki



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As Machiavelli lays out his ideas on the ideal leader and politics in  The Prince, he uses certain terms in very special meanings than our general use today. Sometimes he also invents new words. In this assignment, you will write wiki pages for some of these terms. After reading The Prince closely and tracking these key terms in the text, explain what he is trying to mean and how his meaning is different. You can use brief quotes from the text to support your definition.

Since wiki pages are written to inform people as an encyclopedic resource, try to imagine your reader as a fellow Hostos student who has not have read  The Prince  yet but is trying to learn its basic terms and principles.

As a collective writing exercise, you can go deeper with and modify your peers' definitions. Explain briefly the reasons why you choose to add or change in the comments. If you believe some portion of the page should be deleted, argue for it in the comments.

While you define a term, you might need to refer to another term that is related. You can create a new page for that term, or add a link to another existing wiki page.





