What type of evidence does Machiavelli use to support his claim that a prince should have no aim
other than war and its rules and discipline?
ological evidence
O anecdotal evidence
O empirical evidence
O both logical and anecdotal evidence
Read the passage from chapter 14 of The Prince
A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor
select anything else for his study, than war and its
rules and discipline, for this is the sole art that belongs
to him who rules, and it is of such force that it not only
upholds those who are born princes, but it often
enables men to rise from a private station to that rank.
And, on the contrary, it is seen that when princes have
thought more of ease than of arms they have lost their
states. And the first cause of your losing it is to neglect
this art, and what enables you to acquire a state is to
be master of the art Francesco Sforza, through being
martial, from a private person became Duke of Milan;
and the sons through avoiding the hardships and
troubles of arms from dukes became private persons.
For among other evils which being unarmed brings
you, it causes you to be despised, and this is one of
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