来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论 第10集 第10集》
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at the height of the Renaissance,和最高成就的地方 -
Machiavelli wished to do for politics马基雅维利希望像同时代活跃的人物一样 -
what his contemporaries,在政治上有所建树 -
like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo,正如莱纳德·达·芬奇和米开朗琪罗 -
had done for art and sculpture.在艺术和雕塑上的建树 -
In other words, he hoped to revive in some way话句话说 他多少想复兴 -
the spirit of the ancients of antiquity,古人们的精神 -
but to modify it in the lights of his own experience.并以自己的经历对其加以修饰 -
As he puts it in the dedication of his most famous book,正如在他这本最著名的书中的献词中 -
he writes that他写道 -
this book The Prince这本君主论 -
"is a product of long experience with modern things是当代实践的产物