1. Analysis on Machiavelli's Discourses
At this point, Machiavelli begins to detail how ingratitude can lead to great evils in a republic that is corrupt while preserving great goods in an uncorrupt republic. ... Corrupt Rome did not commit to the prospects of rewarding Caesar and it was a primary contribution to the downfall of the republic, in Machiavelli's eyes. The evil Machiavelli speaks of has the power to overcome a corrupt republic that is suspicious of and ungrateful towards its great men as the Romans were to Caesar. ... The corrupt republic could very well be ungrateful for the same reason, but because the fear of p...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate