How Flatterers Should Be Avoided Treatise?
Summary — Chapter Xxiii: How to Avoid Flatterers a Prince Should Allow Only Wise Advisers to Speak with Him, and Only When He Specifically Requests Their...
What does Machiavelli say about flatterers?
Although the epithet says 'flattery will get you nowhere,' Machiavelli disagrees. He warns that flattery will get the flatterer everything, if the ruler can be deceived by it. It's a short step from falling for their blandishments to supporting their initiatives or approving their budgets.
What is the main point of Machiavelli The Prince?
The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends. From Machiavelli's correspondence, a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (Of Principalities).