Read the excerpt below and answer the question ... He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation; for a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil. What is Machiavelli's advice to a leader who is confronted with doing the virtuous thing or the thing that best assures survival?

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Bryan Williams

22 February, 02:00

Read the excerpt below and answer the question ... He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation; for a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil. What is Machiavelli's advice to a leader who is confronted with doing the virtuous thing or the thing that best assures survival?

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Alessandro Dickson · Answer 1

Finally, in chapter 15, Machiavelli turns his attention to the rules effects his ruin than his preservation; for a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil. When this is done correctly, he is "reproached" by his people but not " hated.