... harsh in the name of self-preservation at times. This acknowledgement of the reality of the world is what sets The Prince apart from earlier works on politics such as Plato's The Republic. Rather than focusing on the ideal way a society should behave, Machiavelli observes and reflects on how societies actually behave. This presents the belief that the concept of an ... ...

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