... , and the second to beasts."" (pg. 56) Machiavelli uses the metaphor of ancient princes being brought up by Chiron the centaur. The populous, like the centaur, is half man and half beast. Machiavelli goes on to say, "a prince must know how to act according to both, and that he cannot survive otherwise."" (pg. 56) In terms of facing the beast a prince must be like a lion and a fox, so as to frighten away "wolves- like a lion and recognize traps like a fox. The fox ... becomes most important because a lion is "stupid- and a fox can recognize traps set for him as ... ...

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