HUM 101 Lecture 4: hum notes 4
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Machiavelli defines virtu as receiving praise from others. Virtu = skill, ability, manliness, flexibility (able to change their schedule and improvise, seizes opportunity. Killing someone in war is virtu not virtue. He is coriolanus" great rival, but can never seem to defeat coriolanus. He knew when to be the fox and when to be the lion. Coriolanus came to him for help, he chose to accept him because of the advantages he could benefit from. He also wasn"t afraid to break a promise when he saw that it would be beneficial to his people. Example: he killed coriolanus when they had formed an alliance. A was able to adapt to the situation and instead of killing c out of anger, he was able to see how keeping c around would benefit the volscians. When the lieutenant points out that it was a poor decision to share his power with c, a understands.
