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Why did "The Prince" earn Niccolo Machiavelli the nickname of Satan?
It's only a set of instructions about how to protect your town in war-torn medieval Italy. I mean, such things were necessary in that day and age!
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Because some of the thing that a Prince must do to remain or take power might go along the line of slaughtering your enemies. The end justify the mean. Machiavelli understood that you cannot rule without sometime having to do, what we consider now, horrible things. For him, it was acceptable cruel action.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
because you need to be evil and do what it takes, even lie to protect your town.