4. Read the following source and answer the following questions,
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote about human nature in the fifteenth chapter of his book, The
(1513).
“So, leaving aside imaginary things, and referring only to those which truly exist, I sayt
whenever men are discussed (and especially princes, who are more exposed to view), th
noted for various qualities which earn them either praise or condemnation. Some, for ex
are held to be generous, and others miserly. Some are held to be benefactors, others are
grasping; some cruel, some compassionate; one man faithless, another faithful; one man
effeminate and cowardly, another fierce and courageous; one man courteous, another pr
man lascivious, another pure; one guileless, another crafty; one stubborn, another flexib
grave, another frivolous; one religious, another skeptical; and so forth.'
Machiavelli believed that “all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature
because of the fact that human desires are insatiable'. The most powerful motive Machi
as the incentive for every human action is self-interest.
a. Name the book written by Machiavelli.
b. Who was termed as 'Renaissance Man"?
c. Throw light on the qualities of man mentioned by Machiavelli?
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