read the passage from chapter 17 of the prince. nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way…

read the passage from chapter 17 of the prince. nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred; because he can endure very well being feared whilst he is not hated, which will always be as long as he abstains from the property of his citizens and subjects and from their women. but when it is necessary for him to proceed against the life of someone, he must do it on proper justification and for manifest cause, but above all things he must keep his hands off the property of others, because men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. besides, pretexts for taking away the property are never wanting; for he who has once begun to live by robbery will always find pretexts for seizing what belongs to others; but reasons for taking life, on the contrary, are more difficult to find and sooner lapse. what type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim in this passage? empirical evidence anecdotal evidence logical evidence historical evidence
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Brief Explanations:
Machiavelli presents general - logical reasoning about human nature (men forget father's death more quickly than loss of property) and the nature of power - taking (pretexts for property - taking are abundant, reasons for taking life are scarce). He doesn't rely on specific real - life examples (empirical or anecdotal) or historical events.
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logical evidence