Political Science · Western Political Thought
Who served as the exemplar of 'virtu' in Machiavelli's The Prince?
ACesare Borgia ✓ Correct
BAlexander VI
CLucrezia Borgia
DGiovanni Borgia
Correct answer: (A) Cesare Borgia — Cesare Borgia served as Machiavelli's chief example of virtu in The Prince.
Explanation
★Cesare Borgia served as Machiavelli's chief example of virtu in The Prince.
★Virtu means the boldness, skill and decisive energy a ruler needs to win and hold power.
★Cesare Borgia used cunning, force and ruthless decisiveness to build his state in central Italy.
★Machiavelli praised how Cesare acted swiftly and shrewdly to secure his rule.
★Yet Cesare finally fell through bad fortune, when illness struck at a crucial moment.
★Alexander VI was the pope and Cesare's father, not the model of virtu.
★So the daring prince Cesare Borgia is Machiavelli's living illustration of virtu.
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