Author Archives: gracchusbabeuf

About gracchusbabeuf

French journalist for "Le tribun du peuple".

Reflective — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on April 27, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development. My rebuttal argument and its associated rewrite best demonstrate my use of social and … Continue reading →

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Bibliography — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on April 26, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

Drury, S. B. (1985). The Hidden Meaning of Strauss’s “Thoughts on Machiavelli”. History of Political Thought, 6(3), 575–590. Background: Leo Strauss is often remembered as a critic of Machiavelli, going so far as to call him, unambiguously, a “teacher of … Continue reading →

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Research — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on April 24, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

Rethinking “Machiavellian” Morality Niccoló Machiavelli, Secretary of War for the Florentine Republic (1494-1512) learned a great deal about the harsh world of politics during his time on the inside of the European “great game”. Machiavelli served the republic until its … Continue reading →

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Rebuttal Rewrite — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on April 13, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

“Pro-Machiavel”: Refuting Gentillet’s Anti-Machiavel The infamous Florentine political philosopher, Niccolo Machiavelli, has earned a reputation so controversial that his name is used as a slur: Machiavellian. It describes a person, usually involved in politics, who readily deploys underhanded, unscrupulous schemes. … Continue reading →

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Rebuttal — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on April 13, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

“Pro-Machiavel”: Refuting Gentillet’s Anti-Machiavel The infamous Florentine political philosopher, Niccolo Machiavelli, has earned a reputation so controversial that his name is used as a slur: Machiavellian. It describes a person, usually involved in politics, who readily deploys underhanded, unscrupulous schemes. … Continue reading →

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Visual Rewrite — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on April 3, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

Battle Buddy | Veteran Crisis Prevention : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9C3Vh-BSHs 0:01. The video opens on what may be a farm. The landscape is light brown dotted with greenery, seemingly indicating a hot climate dotted with scraggy plant life. Two older-looking men stand … Continue reading →

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Visual Rhetoric — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on April 3, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

Battle Buddy | Veteran Crisis Prevention : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9C3Vh-BSHs 0:01. The video opens on what may be a farm. The landscape is light brown dotted with greenery, seemingly indicating a hot climate dotted with scraggy plant life. Two older-looking men stand … Continue reading →

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Causal Rewrite — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on March 21, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

Machiavelli : From a Name to a Pejorative The now famous or, according to some, infamous father of modern political science, Niccolo Machiavelli, was hardly such a well-known figure in his own day. If not for the posthumous publication of … Continue reading →

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Causal — GracchusBabeuf

Posted on March 21, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

The now famous or, according to some, infamous father of modern political science, Niccolo Machiavelli, was hardly such a well-known figure in his own day. The son of a Florentine attorney, Machiavelli was an obscure but still relatively privileged child … Continue reading →

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Definition Rewrite – Gracchus Babeuf

Posted on March 7, 2023 by gracchusbabeuf

Niccolò  Machiavelli: A Bad Machiavellian? An unscrupulous character, wheeling and dealing in the halls of power with no concern for feeble-minded “morality”. The acquisition and wielding of power his only concern. Perhaps, such a character is dressed in dark colors … Continue reading →

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