Well that is the view put forward by Strauss (as the discourses are in favour of republican government which makes the Prince seem incongruous). I suspect that Machiavelli wanted civic virtu and that he was sufficiently realist to know that both monarchies and republics would exist, hence the prince.
Well that is the view put forward by Strauss (as the discourses are in favour of republican government which makes the Prince seem incongruous). I suspect that Machiavelli wanted civic virtu and that he was sufficiently realist to know that both monarchies and republics would exist, hence the prince.
petew74 3 months ago