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Well done Emma - you provide good evidence and tour writing is clear. = **Machiavelli** = 3 May 1469 = = (1) The prince could and should use all means open to him. He must be both the lion and the fox, the one who is feared and the one who is believed. If it came to a choice between instilling fear and love, the wise prince would choose fear, which is more dependable.

(2)Human beings were selfish by nature and must be restrained by the prince from doing evil to one another.

(3)Charles VII, turned out to be one of the cleverest and most effective of kings. He created the first truly royal army and used it against those who tried to assert their independence. He also gained much stronger control over the French clergy, particularly the appointment of bishops.

The Prince

public and private morality had to be understood as two different things in order to rule well. As a result, a ruler must be concerned not only with reputation, but also must be positively willing to act immorally at the right times. As a political scientist, Machiavelli emphasized the occasional need for the methodical exercise of brute force or deceit.

Human beings were selfish by nature and must be restrained by the prince from doing evil to one another.