This work also explains how Darius' successors were unable to wrest Alexander's empire away from his heirs and uses Cesare Borgia to illustrate how it is more advantageous for a ruler to be feared than to be loved.
The fifteenth chapter of this work criticizes Aristotle's concept of virtue by arguing that metaphysics is not consistent with the real world. Its author advises only to ask for advice when needed to avoid flattery and also notes that "nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does" and that men must be "pampered or annihilated." This work also explains how Darius' successors were unable to wrest Alexander's empire away from his heirs and uses Cesare Borgia to illustrate how it is more advantageous for a ruler to be feared than to be loved. Written as a primer on governing for Lorenzo di Medici, for 10 points, name this best-known work of Niccolo Machiavelli.
The fifteenth chapter of this work criticizes Aristotle's concept of virtue by arguing that metaphysics is not consistent with the real world.
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