Machiavelli and the armed prophets
religion, politics and violence
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https://doi.org/10.4013/con.2025.212.03Keywords:
Machiavelli. Armed prophets. Religion. Politics. Violence.Abstract
This research deals with the armed prophets, unique political and historical figures in Machiavelli's philosophy. In our analysis, based especially on the famous work The Prince, the armed prophets are the most powerful political agents in the Florentine author's lines of argument, as they associate elements such as religion, politics, violence, among others, in the promotion of their authority over different political bodies, nobles and people, as well as in the foundation and maintenance of their domains. Our investigation will be divided into two parts: 1) a general understanding of the armed prophets present in Machiavelli's The Prince, namely: Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus and Moses; 2) a detailed analysis of the most important of the armed prophets: Moses.
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