An inconsistency of virtu and fortuna is the cause of Machiavelli's exile. Machiavelli's exile can be explained in terms of virtu and fortuna. He describes fortuna as situations beyond human control. Virtu is the drive and energy extended towards a certain end. It is the strength, mental and physical, required to achieve success...
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It is the strength, mental and physical, required to achieve success. He does not refer to virtu as virtuous behavior, although he does not necessarily exclude it either. The concepts of virtu and fortuna can work together but are not linked. A prince could apply his virtu to a situation that has much fortuna and by doing so may achieve his ends...
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Machiavelli's View Of Human Nature This suggestion once again to serve the Prince's best interests. If a prince can not be both feared and loved, Machiavelli suggests, it would be better for him to be feared bey the citizens within his own principality...	4 / 1071
Machiavelli's View Of Human Nature This suggestion once again to serve the Prince's best interests. If a prince can not be both feared and loved, Machiavelli suggests, it would be better for him to be feared bey the citizens within his own principality...	4 / 1071
Machiavelli's view of Humans He makes the generalization that men are, "...ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat them well they are yours...	4 / 1060
The prince He makes the generalization that men are, "...ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat them well they are yours...	4 / 1057