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Essay heading: Machiavelli's conception of virtu and fortuna
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Therefore, the opposite of virtue would be uncertainty and hesitation. Machiavelli examines the successes of Moses, Romulus, Cyrus and Theseus and states that, "These opportunities, therefore, made these men successful, and their outstanding ingenuity made that opportunity known to them, whereby their nations were ennobled and became prosperous...
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Therefore, the opposite of virtue would be uncertainty and hesitation. Machiavelli examines the successes of Moses, Romulus, Cyrus and Theseus and states that, "These opportunities, therefore, made these men successful, and their outstanding ingenuity made that opportunity known to them, whereby their nations were ennobled and became prosperous...
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