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moderation, of justice, of self-control over the Christian
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virtues of faith, hope, and charity.
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Virtue means for him
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a kind of manly self-assertion, audacity,
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ruthlessness, a reliance on one's own arms and
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calculated use of cruelty to achieve one's ends.
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The model of Machiavellian virtu is the Renaissance
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statesman, in general, Cesare Borgia.
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It's very interesting that Orson Welles made a movie,
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not so often seen today, about Cesare Borgia.
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I want to leave you with
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reading one passage from The Prince,