... some humanistic ideals into his innovatory view of the state. Machiavelli stressed the need to conquer new lands and for princes to maintain their power through any means necessary, using Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia, and Julius II as his primary examples. He modeled his treatise on that of Aristotle's Politics, and his premise of how princes should conduct themselves morally was ... become a successful and longstanding political leader. This respect for the individual thinker was a definite humanistic reference. Humanistic thought did not flourish in Rome until the papacy of Pope Nichol...

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