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根据以下材料，回答题NomanhasbeenmoreharshlyjudgedthanMachiavelli,especiallyinthetwocenturiesfollow-inghisdeath.Buthehassincefoundmanyablechampionsandthetidehasturned.Theprincehasbeentermedamanualfortyrants,theeffectofwhichhasbeenmostharmful.ButwereMachiavelli'sdoctrinesreallynew?Didhediscoverthem?Hemerelyhadthefranknessandcour-agetowritedownwhateverybodywasthinkingandwhateverybodyknew.Hemerelygivesustheimpressionshehadreceivedfromalongandintimateintercoursewithprincesandtheaffairsofstate.ItwasLordBaconwhosaidthatMachiavellitellsuswhatprincesdo,notwhattheyoughttodo.WhenMachiavellitakesCaesarBorgiaasamodel,hedoesnotpraisehimasaheroatall,butmerelyasaprincewhowascapableofattainingtheendinview.Thelifeofthestatewastheprima-ryobject.Itmustbemaintained.AndMachiavellihaslaiddowntheprinciples,baseduponhisstud-yandwideexperience,bywhichthismaybeaccomplished.Hewrotefromtheview-pointofthepolitician--notofthemoralist.Whatisgoodpoliticsmaybebadmorals,andinfact,byastrangefatality,wheremoralsandpoliticsclash,thelattergenerallygetstheupperhand.AndwillanyonecontendthattheprinciplessetforthbyMachiavelliinhisPrinceorhisDiscourseshaveentirelyper-ishedfromtheearth?Hasdiplomacybeenentirelystrippedoffraudandduplicity?LetanyonereadthefamouseighteenthchapterofThePrince:"InwhatMannerPrincesshouldKeeptheirFaith,"andhewillbeconvincedthatwhatwastruenearlyfourhundredyearsago,isquiteastruetoday.OftheremainingworksofMachiavellithemostimportantistheHistoryofFlorencewrittenbetween1521and1525,anddedicatedto.ClementⅦ.ThisbookismerelyarapidreviewoftheMiddle
Ages,andaspartofitthehistoryofFlorence.Machiavelli'smethodhasbeencriticizedforadheringattimestoocloselytothechroniclersofhistime,andatothersrejectingtheirtestimonywithoutapparentreason,whileinitsdetailstheauthorityofhisHistoryisoftenquestionable.Itisthestraightfor-ward,logicalnarrative,whichalwaysholdstheinterestofthereader,thatisthegreatestcharmoftheHistory.
Itcallbeinferredfromthebeginningofthetextthat A．manypeopleusedtothinkhighlyofMachiavelli.
B．Machiavellihadbeenveryinfluentialamongtherulers.
C．Machiavelliwaswidelyreadamonghiscontemporaries.
D．IMachiavellihasbeenatargetof.Criticismthroughouthistory.
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