LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
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Question
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Which of the following figures was an important political theorist of the Renaissance?
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Francesco Petrarcha
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Aristotle
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Plato
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -He urged rulers to use whatever methods were necessary to achieve their goals. Machiavelli believed “the end justifies the means.” People are often critical of Machiavelli’s harsh political ideas, but his work provided a realistic view of how to rule during the Renaissance in Italy. “The end justifies the means.”
Detailed explanation-2: -One of his goals in writing The Prince was to win the favor of Lorenzo de’ Medici, then-governor of Florence and the person to whom the book is dedicated; Machiavelli hoped to land an advisory position within the Florentine government.
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