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No man has been more harshly judged than Machiavelli, especially in the two centuries following his death. But he has since foun
No man has been more harshly judged than Machiavelli, especially in the two centuries following his death. But he has since foun
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No man has been more harshly judged than Machiavelli, especially in the two centuries following his death. But he has since found many able champions and the tide has turned. The prince has been termed a manual for tyrants, the effect of which has been most harmful. But were Machiavelli’s doctrines really new? Did he discover them? He merely had the frankness and courage to write down what everybody was thinking and what everybody knew. He merely gives us the impressions he had received from a long and intimate intercourse with princes and the affairs of state. It was Lord Bacon who said that Machiavelli tells us what princes do, not what they ought to do. When Machiavelli takes Cassar Borgia as a model, he does not praise him as a hero at all, but merely as a prince who was capable of attaining the end in view. The life of the state was the primary object. It must be maintained. And Machiavelli has laid down the principles, based upon his study and wide experience, by which this may be accomplished. He wrote from the view-point of the politician—not of the moralist. What is good politics may be bad morals, and in fact, by a strange fatality, where morals and politics clash, the latter generally gets the upper hand. And will anyone contend that the principles set forth by Machiavelli in his Prince or his Discourses have entirely per¬ished from the earth? Has diplomacy been entirely stripped of fraud and duplicity? Let anyone read the famous eighteenth chapter of The Prince:" In what Manner Princes should Keep their Faith," and he will be convinced that what was true nearly four hundred years ago, is quite as true today.
Of the remaining works of Machiavelli the most important is the History of Florence written between 1521 and 1525, and dedicated to Clement VII.This book is merely a rapid review of the MiddleAges, and as part of it the history of Florence. Machiavelli’s method has been criticized for adhering at times too closely to the chroniclers of his time, and at others rejecting their testimony without apparent reason, while in its details the authority of his History is often questionable. It is the straightforward, logical narrative, which always holds the interest of the reader, that is the greatest charm of the History.
In the case of Caesar Borgia, the author holds that
选项
A、Machiavelli has been objective.
B、Machiavelli revealed his personality.
C、Caesar Borgia was a deserved model.
D、Machiavelli overvalued Caesar Borgia.
答案
A
解析
该题为细节题。第一段第九句“When Machiavelli takes C?sar Borgia as a model,he does not praise him as a hero at all,but merely as a prince who was capable of attaining the end in view,”由此可知,作者认为当马基雅维利以卡萨尔·博鲁吉亚为例时,并没有把他赞美成英雄,而是仅仅说他作为一个君主,能够达到自己想要的目的。说明作者认为马基雅维利的评论是中肯、客观的。故选A。
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