Analyzing Ideas, Structure, and Purpose in Machiavelli’s The Prince
Question 6 • ELA 10B - 2023
Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of The Prince.Whenever those states which have been acquired as stated have been accustomed to live under their own laws and in freedom, there are three courses for those who wish to hold them: the first is to ruin them, the next is to reside there in person, the third is to permit them to live under their own laws, drawing a tribute, and establishing within it an oligarchy which will keep it friendly to you. Because such a government, being created by the prin
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There are three means of holding a newly acquired state that is accustomed to freedom.
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The easiest way to hold a newly acquired state is to play on the citizens’ own interests.
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A government created by a prince knows that it is in its own interest to remain loyal to the prince.
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One way to hold a newly acquired state accustomed to freedom is to establish a friendly government.