In a different work, this thinker argued that the title figure must emulate the lion and the fox, championed Cesare Borgia, and claimed that it was better for a ruler to be feared than loved.
This author discussed Moses as a founder of "modes and orders" in one work, in which he also compared Fortune to a river that destroys a city if embankments are not built or a woman who must be beaten to be kept in check. He expounded on how ancient virtu allowed the Roman Republic to succeed in his commentary on a Roman historian, the Discourses on Livy. In a different work, this thinker argued that the title figure must emulate the lion and the fox, championed Cesare Borgia, and claimed that it was better for a ruler to be feared than loved. For 10 points, name this cynical Italian thinker who wrote The Prince.
This author discussed Moses as a founder of "modes and orders" in one work, in which he also compared Fortune to a river that destroys a city if embankments are not built or a woman who must be beaten to be kept in check.
Niccolo Machiavelli