Chapter 2: The Successor

In chapter II in ‘The Prince’: ‘Of hereditary Principalities’ Machiavelli a.o. states that hereditary states, accustomed to the line of their prince, are maintained with much less difficulty than new states for it is enough merely that the prince do not transcend the order of things established by his predecessors, and then to accommodate himself to events as they occur. Due to the antiquity and continuity of dominion, the memory of innovations and their causes are effaced; whereas each change and alteration always prepares the way and facilitates the next.

To what extent do Machiavelli’s thought’s apply to the roles and responsibilities of modern leaders from different countries, cultures and trades? Is mankind still bound by routines, traditions, values and law? Should a new leader of a country, organisation, team etc. extend the line of the former ruler or make radical changes?

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