Commanding Lady Fortune: Machiavelli’s Theory of History

Machiavelli's historical theory Machiavelli's historical theory Machiavelli declared that the next will be completely revolutionary. Diversion of the beginning of his discourse about Levi 's efforts to modernize ancient people and obscure the essence of this revolutionary thing is an ambiguous cause (discourse, 5). In fact, the purpose of the whole job is repeated in the preamble. Instead, Machiavelli pays attention to the differences between modern and ancient people, and condolences the modern adoption of contemporary ideas in art and law These thoughts lack a deep understanding of philosophy.

When talking about wealth, Machiavelli believes that the behavior of men will influence the historical process, as many people believe that the event is so "dominated by wealth and God" I said nothing. Machiavelli explained that this view "is abnormally present in our own era" and led to those who "follow the decision of opportunity." Machiavelli admits that he sometimes has this belief. But in search of the theory of "free will", Machiavelli says that "wealth is half the arbitrator of what we are doing and the other half is controlled by ourselves" I announced. In contrast to "one of the violent rivers", these rivers drowned the country and destroyed everything. Over the years people have learned to take "precautionary measures" against future floods, but the river flowed quietly and built a "dam and dam" to limit the destructive possibilities of the river . Machiavelli urged the rulers to approach wealth in a similar way

Machiavell spent considerable time in the Prince to discuss the need to deal with wealth. What is wealth? How does Machiavelli recommend Lorenzo de Medici to handle it?

Machiavelli showed a somewhat brilliant and shocking metaphor to the reader, and indeed the great prince ought not to ignore wealth, it should not be just for defense. . According to Machiavelli, the way people achieve this goal does not seem to be consistent with prudent investor principles (ie impulsive, intense and bold attitude and discretion). This is basically correct. However, to understand why there is a discrepancy, it is necessary to understand the difference between Machiavelli's time and our own time. According to Machiavelli himself, his situation at the time was lazy and satisfied (see the preface of Livy 's topic, the first book), as I said, Machiavelli asked for a reversal, vigorously and boldly I acted. .