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What is Machiavelli wearing in his painting?
This may not be completely relevant to this board, but what was Machiavelli wearing in his painting? I have looked and I couldn't find anything like it. Was his black "overcoat" only around in his ...
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Was The Prince by Machiavelli intended as satire?
Researching Machiavelli's other works, I found online that there is a disagreement on whether The Prince was actually meant to be read as political satire.
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Colonies in Machiavelli's age
In Chapter 3 of the Prince Machiavelli offers this advice to the prince who would hold a newly acquired territory:
[T]o send colonies to one or two places, which may be as keys to that
state, for ...
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