Machiavelli and the Good Life

Machiavelli's The Prince is an outstanding book. It presents the theme of how to live the good life and be a good Prince. The good Prince is someone who is never afraid. He lives the good life by scaring other people. Machiavelli talks about how the Prince is someone who knows how to be a governor. He says, "If you want to be a good Prince, then you should be a good Prince." (p. 45) My …

…He lived the good life. I think that today when people live the good life, they call it like pimping. Like we said in class, being head of Italy (or Florence) was being like a Pimp Daddy. That's kind of what Machiavelli was about, which reminds us of the rapper Machiavelli. I think that the good life is like Pimping. In conclusion, the Prince is a pimp. Bibliography Machiavelli, The Prince. 1st edition. Wallflower Press, 1523.