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Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince.
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What is Machiavelli’s primary purpose in writing this passage?
to inform readers about the differences between principalities and republics
to entertain readers with exciting stories of historical wars, conquests, and rebellions
to convince readers that, to hold a conquered republic, a prince must ruin it or live there
to persuade readers that a prince must eradicate the royal family of a conquered principality
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to convince readers that, to hold a conquered republic, a prince must ruin it or live there
Machiavelli's passage argues that a prince who conquers a free city or republic can only secure it by either destroying its institutions or by taking up residence there (or otherwise occupying it with his own forces), rather than leaving its old structures intact.
Machiavelli's passage argues that a prince who conquers a free city or republic can only secure it by either destroying its institutions or by taking up residence there (or otherwise occupying it with his own forces), rather than leaving its old structures intact.
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