According to Machiavelli, When Should a Prince Break Faith and When

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Essay

According to Machiavelli, when should a prince break faith and when should a prince keep faith? What are Machiavelli's arguments for why a prince is not always bound to keep faith? Which of those arguments do you find most persuasive?

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Definitions:

α-D-Ribofuranose

A sugar derivative where the pentose sugar ribose is in its furanose form (a five-membered oxygen-containing ring) and has a specific orientation (alpha) of the hydroxyl group attached to the anomeric carbon.

Epimers

Stereoisomers that differ in configuration at only one stereogenic center among several.

D-Arabinose

A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of many polysaccharides and glycoproteins.

D-Xylose

A sugar molecule classified as an aldopentose, which means it has five carbon atoms and contains an aldehyde functional group.