Renaissance Activity 1A Factsheet
Read ONLY the clues with points!
| NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI |
3 pts: By adding "an" his name
becomes an adjective meaning cleverly dishonest.
2 pts: His work was the beginning of modern political science, or the study of government. 1 pt: He wrote, "A ruler may wish to be good. But the world is full of people who are not good. So a ruler should be ready to do evil if he must". |
| "It is much safer to be feared than loved...for love is held by a chain of obligation which, men being selfish, is broken whenever it serves their purposes; but fear is maintained by a dread of punishment which never fails." |
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