POL200Y1 Lecture 5: Week 5
31 Mar 2011
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A prince should never take his attention away from war. What was now a metaphor for politics is now a reference to war. Reference to philip heeman directs our attention back to the dedicatory letter. Who is philip heeman: suggests an answer to the person on top of the hill. Who was on the top of the hill: lorenzo was on the top of the hill, machiavelli"s knowledge which used to be theoretical is now practical in practicing war. Because machiavelli refuses to make direct reference to christ himself. What qualities are humans praised and reprimanded for: answer: virtues and vices. He stresses the newness of his argument that it is emphatically new relative to his contemporaries. Machiavelli but since my intent is to write something useful to all who understand it . I t means more than just the t ruth people behold but the effect which comes out of t ruth.
