There is the city of god , and the city of man. More often than not, they have little in common. As a prince, it is good to be both loved and feared. But if you have to choose between the two, you better be feared. Above, was the ideology behind the literary work, "the prince". Lets see an excerpt : "These methods are very cruel, and enemies to all government not merely Christian but human, and any man ought to avoid them and prefer to live a private life rather than to be a king who brings such ruin on men. Notwithstanding, a ruler who does not wish to take that first good way of lawful government, if he wishes to maintain himself, must enter upon this evil one. But men take certain middle ways that are very injurious; indeed, they are unable to be altogether good or altogether bad. "
Nicholous machiavelli
The prince
Whatever Machiavelli's own intentions (and they remain a matter of heated debate), his name became synonymous with ruthless politics, deceit and the pursuit of power by any means : Machiavellian.
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