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Posted by Plato's Revenge (just kidding) on January 18, 19100 at 06:55:53:
In Reply to: the Prince and Rennaisance posted by kenny G on December 16, 1999 at 04:13:04:
: In what ways does Machiavellis The Prince, echo the fundamental principals of Italian Renaisance. And how would it have been used by a Renaisance ruler to provide guidance?
Some say that the "Prince" of the title represents Cesare Borgia. I do not think this is entirely correct, though Cesare does feature largely in the work.
Machiavelli wrote it to help guide the two sons of Lorenzo the Magnificent - unfortuneatly they were not their father's match, and failed.
No rennaissance ruler (or any ruler for that matter) ever actually applied Macchiavelli's theories as an organized policy..
If someone had, we might today all be living in a second Roman Empire.
I know that is a bold statement, but it can be fairly well supported. (though of course such 'what if' theorizing of history is useless - though fun sometimes :) )