EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Oliverotto Euffreducci, Analog Science Fiction And Fact
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Lecture - machiavelli other arguments besides the prince. He places great value in human agency, but also sees men set in their ways. Chapter 25 on the free will and fortune. A conservative and traditional notion of human nature. Chapter 17: it can be said of men [that] men are evil . Chapter 8: agathocles of sicily and oliverotto da fermo. Even cruel rulers can live securely in their states . Cruelty used to secure one"s power but then converted into the greatest possible benefit for one"s subjects . He can never rely on his subjects [if] they cannot feel secure under him . Primarily, a prince must live with his subjects in such a way that no incident, either good or bad, should make him change his course . All emphasis is on stability (and the ability, therefore, to stand on one"s own)
