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The Differences Between Fortune and Virtue
In “The Prince” by Machiavelli, the idea of Fortune and Virtue is discussed a lot, because it is one of the most important thing you have to be when you are a prince. But in the book The Prince Machiavelli tells the reader that virtue is the better quality a new prince can needs.   The Prince can be broken up into four parts. Firstly, Machiavelli states how a prince gets a state. Secondly, he explains how a prince holds on to a state. Thirdly, he explains how a prince deals with friends and foes. Lastly, Machiavelli applies all of his points to Italy.
Machiavelli states one of the main people that show either Fortune or Virtue is Cesare Borgia, mainly because he was took the side of fortune, which just gives him opportunity. On the other hand there was Francesco Sforza, which was very virtues, also give him the capacity to act and so if he didn’t have enough men than he wouldn’t fight. And because he ad virtue he stayed in power for a long time.
Machiavelli talks about Fortune and Virtue a lot thought out the book and a clear different of the both are; first is Virtue which means range of personal qualities that the prince will find it necessary to acquire in order to maintain his state and to achieve great things. One the other had Fortune is the complete opposite to virtue, because the term means it is the enemy of political order, the ultimate threat to the safety and security of the state.   In becoming a new prince the best quality to have would be virtue because fortune is basically ruling by luck.
The first chapter   Machiavelli starts to really get into talking about virtue is in chapter six,   Machiavelli writes that for a private citizen to become a prince, he needs to have fortune or ability. Among those who became princes through ability, Machiavelli cites Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, and Theseus. Using them as examples, Machiavelli states that an important component of ability is recognizing an opportunity and...