Question

What kind of reasoning does Machiavelli use in this excerpt?

He uses inductive reasoning because he offers statistics to prove his claim.
He uses inductive reasoning because he observes a pattern and proves a conclusion.
He uses deductive reasoning because he relies on scientific experiments to prove a conclusion.
He uses deductive reasoning because he introduces a conclusion and proves it with evidence.

Answer 1

He uses inductive reasoning because he observes a pattern in examples and draws a general conclusion from them. Machiavelli builds his claim from particular cases (historical examples), not from a prior universal premise or scientific experiment.