EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Louis Xii Of France
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What is needed for a new principality. Opening of chapter 3 ( difficulties , change , etc. ) Give the principles of how to establish and maintain order. How must a prince act in the face of changing fortune/fortuna. I am emphasizing that machiavelli was doing something really new in giving such a guide to gaining and maintaining power. His is modern in a special way, but not the first. Highly eloquent and embellished, based on ideals of christian virtue against which the ruler measures himself. Castaglione"s the book of the courtier and erasmus education of a christian. First a friend of luther"s, then dispute over free will. Chapter 15: others have written advice for princes, but he"s focused on the truth and not ideals. The prince needs to adjust to achieve the goals of safety and well-being of the state. It remains now to see what ought to be the rules of conduct for a prince towards subject and friends.
