If you don't have time, read these lines
📌Different publications circulate on social networks that credit the Italian philosopher, writer and statesman (1469-1527) with having expressed this quote in the work “The Prince”.
📌However, the explicit phrase is not present in the text published in 1513 or in any of his other publications.
📌Yes, there are passages in the book that present an idea similar to that of the phrase awarded to Machiavelli.
A famous phrase attributed to the Italian philosopher, writer and statesman Nicolás Machiavelli circulates on social networks and in different publications: “The end justifies the means.”
However, there is no evidence that he expressed this quote in any of his publications.
His most popular work, “The Prince”, published in 1513, is credited with the presence of the famous quote. However, a full text search does not return any explicit matches, nor in any of his other posts.
However, there is a passage from this famous political treatise that shows an idea that can be related to the one presented in the phrase attributed to Machiavelli.
For example, in Chapter XVIII, entitled “How Princes Should Keep Their Promises,” it indicates: “Let a prince try to conquer and preserve the State, for the means will always be honorable and praised by all; because the masses allow themselves to be deceived by appearances and success.”
In that same chapter a phrase is also recorded that says the following: “And in the actions of men, and particularly of princes, where there is no possible appeal, they pay attention to the results.”
Finally, we find that there is a quote from Machiavelli's work that was erroneously attributed to him and that corresponds to the German theologian Hermann Busenbaum.
The phrase corresponds to the text, in Latin, “Medulla theologiae moralis” (“The core of moral theology”) from the year 1650 and indicates: “Cum finis est licitus, etiam media sunt licita” (“When the end is lawful, so are the means”).
__________________________________________________
Factchequeado It is a means of verification that builds a Spanish-speaking community to counteract misinformation in the United States.
PODCAST
After the storm
A year ago, Hurricane Helene struck western North Carolina. The Latino community responded with something stronger than the storm: solidarity.
🎧 In this episode, learn how Latino organizations transformed crisis into resilience.
▶️Press play to listen!
Republish our stories for free on your website or newspaper. We follow the Creative Commons license. Click the box and follow the instructions.
