POLI 240 Chapter Notes -Oliverotto Euffreducci, Niccolò Machiavelli, Girolamo Savonarola
13 Mar 2014
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The book is a gift for the magnificent lorenzo de medici. Sort of a guide for lorenzo to do what it takes to expand his power: different kinds of states and different ways to get them. 2 types of princely state: hereditary or new. Ways of acquiring: with people"s arm or own arm, either by fortune or by virtu (in lecture refers to the capacity to achieve something to adapt with the situation) Haven"t read the footnotes at page 4: on hereditary principates. Old hereditary states are easier to take care than the new ones. Not wanting to upset the ancient customs. Example of duke ferrara and pope julius. If it"s the new ruler that uses existing system that is causing the trouble, n said, it"s natural for the people to change their leaders in the hope of bettering the situation. This people will feel deceived when the government they overthrow only worsen the situation.
