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....

Media	Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum	21 januari 2021
ISBN13	9798590554034
Utgivare	Independently Published
Antal sidor	130
Mått	216 × 280 × 7 mm · 317 g
Språk	Engelska

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