The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli - Libros - Independently Published - 9798590554034 - 21 de enero de 2021
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The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince

Book Excerpt: ... Cesare Borgia, the Duke Valentino, and these characters fill a large space of "The Prince." Machiavelli never hesitates to cite the actions of the duke for the benefit of usurpers who wish to keep the states they have seized; he can, indeed, find no precepts to offer so good as the pattern of Cesare Borgia's conduct, insomuch that Cesare is acclaimed by some critics as the "hero" of "The Prince." Yet in "The Prince" the duke is in point of fact cited as a type of the man who rises on the fortune of others, and falls with them; who takes every course that might be expected from a prudent man but the course which will save him; who is prepared for all eventualities but the one which happens; and who, when all his abilities fail to carry him through, exclaims that it was not his fault, but an extraordinary and unforeseen fatality....

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Publicado 21 de enero de 2021
ISBN13 9798590554034
Editores Independently Published
Páginas 130
Dimensiones 216 × 280 × 7 mm   ·   317 g
Lengua English  

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