Machiavelli, a Humanist?

Yoni Binstock

Dr. Stacy

October 8, 2004 History band 2

Some people say that Machiavelli had an evil way of ruling and he was far from being a humanist, though looking at the evidence it is obvious that he is indeed a humanist. He was a humanist very important to the Italian Renaissance. Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy on May 3, 1469 and died in 1527. He was optimistic in the thought that anybody could overcome Fortuna if they had virtu. He was also a civic humanistic since he published the book to unite Italy. Also he had a secular outlook because he hardly mentions the church or religion in his famous story The Prince. He was also an intellectual and deeply believed in individualism.

The Italian Renaissance was a time of change of intellect and society. The people who were the cause of these changes were called humanist...