Republican Freedom and Founder Leader Image in Machiavelli Thought

In this article, the thoughts of Machiavelli on ethics and politics will be addressed in detail and the republican freedom and founder leader themes will be opened to discussion with regards to the mentioned thought. The main problematic on the base of the discussion is characterized by the issues that what Machiavelli expects from the prince who is the founder of the state; and in this respect whether there is a tension between the founder leader and republican sensibility. Of course, such a problematic necessitates to examine the virtue and fortuna concepts and to talk about Machiavelli on the basis of reason of state. As a result, we will come to a conclusion that the strong aspiration of prince which is crystallized in the founder leader image has an instrumental value in Machiavelli philosophy.