Comparing Nietzsche Vs Machiavelli
Analysis In The Gay Science, Friedrich Nietzsche talks about how “To grow tired of a possession is to grow tired of ourselves,” and how sexual love is “a craving for a new property.” In The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli talks about “whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved.” In Nietzsche’s text he focuses on how greed and love are similar to each other, while in Machiavelli’s text he contrast the idea of being feared rather than loved. The arrangement of both texts clearly show how their ideas demonstrate their unique style of writing, using different examples two prove their points. Nietzsche first, he begins by stating “Greed and love: such different feelings these terms evoke!” Greed is to feel a strong desire for something that one does not have, while love is a feeling of affection for someone. One can see how he compares
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Nietzsche’s is more based on the idea of comparing the greed for something new to the love for it, while Machiavelli contrasts the idea of whether is it better to be feared than to be loved. One can see how Nietzsche comparison really shows the natural idea of comparing two terms or ideas. He focuses on how one grows tired of old possessions and compares that to how a man wants to be everything for his partner. These two instances are similar in that one grows tired of a landscape they live on and crave a new one, and how a man needs more and more attraction from their partner in order to feel satisfied. In Machiavelli’s text one can see how he contrasts on the difference of being feared and being loved. He shows this with two examples, explaining how a prince and a captain should show themselves to be feared rather than to be loved because if feared than others will respect them for how they are. If they tried to be loved but do not succeed, others might hate on them and instead lose the respect they
Nietzsche’s is more based on the idea of comparing the greed for something new to the love for it, while Machiavelli contrasts the idea of whether is it better to be feared than to be loved. One can see how Nietzsche comparison really shows the natural idea of comparing two terms or ideas. He focuses on how one grows tired of old possessions and compares that to how a man wants to be everything for his partner. These two instances are similar in that one grows tired of a landscape they live on and crave a new one, and how a man needs more and more attraction from their partner in order to feel satisfied. In Machiavelli’s text one can see how he contrasts on the difference of being feared and being loved. He shows this with two examples, explaining how a prince and a captain should show themselves to be feared rather than to be loved because if feared than others will respect them for how they are. If they tried to be loved but do not succeed, others might hate on them and instead lose the respect they