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| Birthday: | May 3, 1469 |
| Birthplace: | Florence, Republic of Florence |
| Death: | June 21, 1527 |
| Nationality: | Republic Of Florence |
| Occupations: | Military Theorist, Political Theorist, Diplomat, Historian, Playwright |
Total quotes: 3
Niccolò Machiavelli
BirthnameBirthday: May 3, 1469
Birthplace: Florence, Republic of Florence
Death: June 21, 1527
Nationality: Republic Of Florence
Occupations: Military Theorist, Political Theorist, Diplomat, Historian, Playwright
Total quotes: 3
“Had religion been maintained among the princes of Christendom on the footing on which it was established by its Founder, the Christian States and republics had been far more united and far more prosperous than they now are; nor can we have surer proof of its decay than in witnessing how those countries which are the nearest neighbours of the Roman Church,the head of our faith, have less devoutness than any others; so that any one who considers its earliest beginnings and observes how widely different is its present practice, might well believe its ruin or its chastisement to be close at hand.”
Tagged:
Theory and Practice
“If such religion had been maintained by the princes of the Christian republic as was ordered by its giver, the Christian states and republics would be more united, much happier than they are. Nor can one make any better conjecture as to its decline than to see that those peoples who are closest to the Roman church, the head of our religion, have less religion. Whoever might consider its foundations and see how much present usage is different from them might judge, without doubt, that either its ruin or its scourging is near.”
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Evolution
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