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You might want to think about that.
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A teacher of evil.
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Is that what Machiavelli was?
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Questions of good and bad, virtue and vice,
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appear on virtually every page of The Prince.
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He is not simply a teacher of political pragmatism,
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of how to adjust means to fit the ends.
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He seems to be offering nothing short
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of a comprehensive revolution, transformation.
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If you want to use the Nietzschean language,
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"transvaluation" of our most basic vocabulary
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about good and evil.