Niccolo Machiavelli · Politics

Loved or Feared?

Machiavelli’s most notorious question - whether a ruler should be loved or feared - and his cold, careful answer that fear is the safer foundation.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Machiavelli prefers fear to love but warns against being hated. Reconstruct his reasoning, and the crucial line between fear and hatred, in your own words.

Leads to Thomas Hobbes.

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