POL200Y1 Lecture : notes
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Today"s lecture: ch 16-18: machiavelli, cicero, aristotle, ch. 19: hatred + contempt: ch 22-23: advising the prince, ch 24-25: fortune + self-reliance, ch 26: conclusion: free italy. Ch 16-18: machiavelli, cicero, aristotle: chapter 16 begins with generosity o. Cicero included it with justice to say that it is an ordinary requirement because the bonds of fellowship are so strong. Rulers acquire glory for cicero when they act justly to their followers: but the italian renaissance rewrote the idea of magnificence. People had to donate so that large lavish buildings could be created. This is how cicero and aristotle sought to bind the populace to themselves by public donations and so that they would win gratitude: m picks up this version of generosity. o. Can you pay for generosity but still not rob your own people. But if you must rob the people in order to be thoroughly generous, the people will hate you for your generosity.
