PHL 101 Lecture 18: PHL 101 Lecture 18
4 Dec 2020
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Florence behind the ancient paradigm of thinking that was centered on the divine revelation as a source of knowledge and legitimacy. Around 1400 onward, several historical events and movements, starting from. Machiavelli is the first to have modern philosophical thinking. Machiavelli is the first modern thinker, and by modern here we mean having left. He lived in the renaissance era in italy and his work represented this new poque. One becomes a prince either by virtue or by fortune. Fortune is not to be understood as good luck but as a malevolent-anthropomorphized. One may become prince by fortune but may only hold onto it by virtue cosmological force that is the cause of political disorder. Ex: as great examples of such prince, machiavelli names moses, cyrus, romulus, By virtue, machiavelli does not mean just certain abilities but a flexible disposition that enables the prince to maintain his state. 50.
