I have this small exert and I don't understand it. The question wants me to A. describe one historical development reflected in the passage and B. describe Machiavelli's argument concerning the uses of antiquity.

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"Consider the general respect for antiquity. Consider, for example, how often we pay great price for some fragment of an ancient statue, yo ornament our houses of to give to artists who strive to imitate it in their own works. . . . And yet to found a republic, maintain states, govern a kingdom, organize an army, conduct a war, dispense justice, and extend empires, you will find neither prince, nor republic, nor captian, nor citizen who uses the historical examples of antiquity! . . . The majority of those who read history take pleasure only in the variety of the events which the history of the ancients relates, without ever thinking of imitating their noble actions."
Niccolò Machiavelli, introduction to his treatise on the Roman historian Livy, circa 1517

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animegoat0 animegoat0 · Answer 1 · 2020-09-28T14:42:23+02:00

Answer:

1) And yet to found a republic, maintain states, govern a kingdom, organize an army, conduct a war, dispense justice, and extend empires

2) yo ornament our houses of to give to artists who strive to imitate it in their own works

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saltywhitehorse saltywhitehorse · Answer 2 · 2021-09-20T16:28:11+02:00

Niccolò Machiavelli was a controversial thinker whose writings aroused contrasting reactions.

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Machiavelli wrote what he claimed to be a new Science of Politics.

He was born in Florence and was a student of a well-known teacher of Latin, Paolo da Ronciglione.
He wrote numerous reports and remained in touch with important political leaders.
In his work, Discourses On Livy, it was a treaty on the military organization in which he praised the ancient Roman republic as the model for all times.
Machiavelli believed that governing is a process that requires different types of skills at different times.

One historical development reflected in the passage is "And yet to found a republic, maintain states, govern a kingdom, organize an army, conduct a war, dispense justice, and extend empires"

Machiavelli while admitting the value of classical wisdom, emphasized that the rulers must adopt actions in tune with the times.
Machiavelli's argument concerning the uses of antiquity is that the majority of those who read history take pleasure only in the variety of the events which the history of the ancients relates, without ever thinking of imitating their noble actions.

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