The main message of the book The Prince is that the politics should be considered separately from religion and ethics. Additionally, Machiavelli states that in order to achieve the intentions of one ruler, two things can be used: law and force. Since the law is attributed to people and force to animals, the rules can use both."Therefore it is necessary for a prince to understand how to avail himself of the beast and the man" (Machiavelli, 69). Machiavelli wanted to say that the mastery of ruling should be based on the balance of antithesis in a real life. Continue reading...