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Which Renaissance writer was a humanist because of his focus on human nature, rather than religion?

Dante Alighieri
Niccolo Machiavelli
Baldassare Castiglione
Miguel de Cervantes

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Niccolo Machiavelli.

His major works (The Prince, Discourses on Livy) analyze politics and human behavior in secular, pragmatic terms — emphasizing human nature and power rather than religious authority.