JLC-110 FA2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Natural Justice, Deferent And Epicycle
20 Oct 2016
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Machiavelli mentions that people can"t afford to be just because they"re too focused on their own selfish ideals. Justice is what the prince says it is: prince must pretend to believe in justice (manufacture the appearance of a good man) so that his subjects in turn do the same. The prince does not focus on a utopian theory. According to machiavelli, the prince needs to learn how not to be good, in order to know how to be good. Book is dedicated to the prince, lorenzo de medici. Tone is condescending, deferent, insulting, and sarcastic: machiavelli expresses an extreme desire that the prince arrives in the greatness that fortune [good luck] and your other qualities promise you (pg. Translation: you"re a lucky man, hopefully you can do something with it . Virtue=capacities/skills that allow a person to master fortune. Suggests he has something to teach the prince.
