Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview

Activity

1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 1: Chapter 4, Lesson 2.
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• You will then be able to view the Reading/Study Guide Unit 1: Chapter 4, Lesson 2 worksheet.




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3. Read page 88 of your textbook.
• Answer the following question in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What kind of a leader was Isabella D'Este?

1. Read page 89 of your textbook.
• Answer the following question in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• How were Machiavelli's ideas of leadership different from those of Isabella?

1. The last quotation of page 89 is one of Machiavelli's comments that have led to him being remembered in history as the man who believed that "The end justifies the means".
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What do you think? What does his statement mean?
  
• Do you believe that the statement is true? Explain.
  

1. Read page 90 of your textbook.
• Answer the following question in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Has history judged Machiavelli fairly?
  
  In your answer, identify the point of view with which you agree and explain why you do.
  
  
• Machiavelli believed that "the end justifies the means".
  
  or
  
  Machiavelli did not believe that "the end justifies the means" as stated in the excerpt from Maurizio Viroli.

1. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.