...Princedoms have been imagined which were never seen or known to exist in reality. And the manner in which we we live, and that in which we ought to live, are things...standard of goodness among all men alike, must be mined among so many who are not good. It is necessary, therefore, for a Prince who desires to maintain...

...summarized. And in this view, he thought not of an ideal state, but of definite, actually given States. "But since it is my object to write what shall be...not to use his goodness as occasion may require." (// Principe, chap. xv). And in further agreement with the above : "When the entire safety of our country...

...of definite, actually given States. " But since it is my object," he says (// Principe, cap. xv.), " to write what shall be useful to whoever understands...not to use his goodness as occasion may require." And in agreement with the above we find the following passage in the treatise on Livy : " When the...

...savpf~ himself • since any one wtib" would act up~fo a perfect standard of goodness in everything, must be ruined < among so many who are not good. It is essential, therefore,/ for a Prince who desires to maintain his position, to have M' learned how to...

...than to save himself; since any one who would act up to a perfect standard of goodness in everything, must be ruined among so many who are not good. It is essential, therefore, for a Prince who desires to maintain his position, to have learned how to be...

...than to save himself, since anyone who would act up to a perfect standard of goodness in everything must be ruined among so many who are not good. It is essential, therefore, for a prince who wishes to maintain his position to have learned how to be other...

...than to save himself; since any one who would act up to a perfect standard of goodness in everything, must be ruined among so many who are not good. It is essential, therefore, for a Prince who desires to maintain his position, to have learned how to be...