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Niccolò Machiavelli (view source)
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Machiavelli further differed from medieval thinkers in taking for granted that the power of the state is a single whole and can be centrally controlled, irrespective of whether the state is a monarchy or a republic. He preferred a republic because he preferred liberty. However, he believed that in order for the liberty of republicanism to function, it needed a citizenry who were independent and courageous (Virtuous). Machiavelli believed these qualities were rare and existed hardly anywhere in the Europe of his day since the Romans.
Machiavelli further differed from medieval thinkers in taking for granted that the power of the state is a single whole and can be centrally controlled, irrespective of whether the state is a monarchy or a republic. He preferred a republic because he preferred liberty. However, he believed that in order for the liberty of republicanism to function, it needed a citizenry who were independent and courageous (Virtuous). Machiavelli believed these qualities were rare and existed hardly anywhere in the Europe of his day since the Romans.
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Viroli, Maurizio. ''Machiavelli'' (1998) 252pp[http://www.questia.com/read/23271960?title=Machiavelli online edition]
* Viroli, Maurizio. ''Machiavelli'' (1998) 252pp[http://www.questia.com/read/23271960?title=Machiavelli online edition]
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
==Biographical==
==Biographical==