IT 1751 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Republic Of Florence, Cesare Borgia

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Centers his attention on power and reason of the state. The objective is not moral goodness, it is to conquer and maintain the state. About how the prince can maintain his state. Effectual truth is a very important aspect of machiavelli"s work means you have to. Instead of starting with morality, he starts with the effectual reality observe reality. The idea behind this is that we can observe reality in an objective fashion; this is the start of modern science. Machiavelli"s contributes to the concepts of human mind and human reason. He draws parallel situations in the real world to solidify his points. Rivers can overflow and destroy their natural environment, but if we study the rivers we can prepare and build a dam. Intelligence of the prince is intelligence of things to come. Is pragmatic because the prince he describes can never really exist.

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