Let’s settle this question of the nobles. As I see it, they can be divided for the most part into two categories: either they behave in such a way as to tie themselves entirely to your destiny, or they don’t. Those who do tie themselves and aren’t greedy should be honoured and loved; the ones who don’t can be further divided into two groups.
Machiavelli sees people as either useful to himself
or not. Morality resolves around himself with no care for any kind of objective
good but only what will help his ambitions.
