Saturday, February 25, 2023

 

Machiavelli and ideal and daily politic

The portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, at last in Italy, is a man very sly, and a olitic man very prudent, it is very much true and we certainly can’t desprove this judice, because it is sufficient read of books of Machiavelli and we can consider that he has been very political man, whose methods, today, and I want stress today because it very easy to condemn, during modern times, that was normal during 16th century or afte ras before; we must consider that today happens same everything but with different methods, was is present, homicide is present, and other, because men are always men. Niccolò anyway has very important for explication about polical method in 16th century, but for important questions, is very difficult that we find Niccolò busy for istructions very daily, and we can read this everyday life from letters of Niccolò. Thisnature very daily of Niccoloò is evident  for some steps of some letter, for example: “You see a law acted from our city at august 1492, that want everybody is going to live in Pisa is for 20 years free from tax except for tax for roads and bridges and services…”, and other: “We think that is get out wear from your city, and we can’t hear this worry thing because the harvest this yesr is very poor and we not wnat that to people misses wear, then if somebody bring out of city of Pisa wear he will be fine with seize of animals”. Today this punishments are laughable, but at 1510 it were very serious; and we can read that Niccolò isn’t alone theorical political man but he is very pragmatic and he kown very well needs of people, and probably consequences that would come, then Niccolò was a political man that looked ideal and daily life very attentive.

Alessandro Lusana