Machiavelli Advocated for Tyrants Like Cesare Borgia to Take Control

question 16

Multiple Choice

Machiavelli advocated for tyrants like Cesare Borgia to take control of Italy because:

• A)he believed dictatorships were the only legitimate form of government.
• B)his patron was such a tyrant.
• C)he believed most Italian people were too poorly educated to participate in government and so a true republic was impossible.
• D)he believed that sixteenth-century Italy was so chaotic that it needed strong dictators to lead it into a more settled state favorable to self-governance.
• E)the Roman Republican model that informed his political theory had been ruled by a series of dictators.

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