A Close Scrutiny of Niccolo Machiavelli’s “The Prince” (1706 words, 3 pages)
Virtu and FortunaUnder close scrutiny, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is seen to be a mind-baffling construct of many levels of meaning, and, many might say, enigmatically so. It is hard to determine where Machiavelli is writing in earnest and where in sarcasm or self-condemnation. As John Plamenatz says, the ...
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