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Machiavelli extended the study of classical virtue to include skill, valor, and leadership, and to encompass the individual prince or war-leader as well. [8] Virtù, for Machiavelli, was not equivalent to moral virtue, but was instead linked to the raison d'État. Indeed, what was good for the prince may be contradictory to that which is ...
Zhao Yuanyan (simplified Chinese: 赵元俨; traditional Chinese: 趙元儼; pinyin: Zhào Yuányǎn), officially the Prince Gongsu of Zhou (周恭肅王) (c. 986 – 13 February 1044), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Song dynasty, known for his virtues. He was the 8th son of Emperor Taizong and a younger brother of Emperor Zhenzong. He ...
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes.
Traces the republican ideal of civic virtue from the ancients, through Machiavelli, to the English, Scottish, and American political traditions. ———— (1981), "The Machiavellian Moment Revisited: a Study in History and Ideology", Journal of Modern History, 53: 49, doi:10.1086/242241, S2CID 143983746
Empress Ci'en. Zhangsun Wuji's mother. She and Zhangsun Jia are secretly in love with each other, but she was forced to marry Zhangsun Jiong. Song Jialun [18] Zhangsun Jia (长孙迦) Prince Virtue. Younger brother of Zhangsun Jiong. Zhangsun Wuji's biological father. Zhao Chulun [19] Zhangsun Pingrong (长孙平戎) Prince Yi. Zhangsun Wuji's ...
John Vertue (or Virtue) (1826–1900) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Portsmouth [1] in England from 1882 to 1900.
The Vessantara Jātaka tells the story of one of Gautama Buddha's past lives, about a very compassionate and generous prince, Vessantara, who gives away everything he owns, including his children, thereby displaying the virtue of perfect generosity. It is also known as the Great Birth Sermon.
François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (/ ˈ r ɒ ʃ f uː k oʊ /; French: [fʁɑ̃swa d(ə) la ʁɔʃfuko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his dense literary œuvre published.