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根据短文，回答题。NomanhasbeenmoreharshlyjudgedthanMachiavelli，especiallyinthetwocenturiesfollowinghisdeath．Buthehassincefoundmanyablechampionsandthetidehasturned．ThePrincehasbeentermedamanualfortyrants，theeffectofwhichhasbeenmostharmful．ButwereMachiavelli’sdoctrinesreallynew?Didhediscoverthem?Hemerelyhadthefranknessandcouragetowritedownwhateverybodywasthinkingandwhateverybodyknew．Hemerelygivesustheimpressionshehadreceivedfromalongandintimateinter—coursewithprincesandtheaffairsofstate．ItwasLordBaconwhosaidthatMachiavellitellsuswhatprinces如。notwhattheyoughttodo．WhenMachiavellitakesCaesarBorgiaasamodel，hedoesnotpraisehimasaheroatall，butmerelyasaprincewhowascapableofattainingtheendinview．Thelifeofthestatewastheprimaryobject．Itmustbemaintained．AndMachiavellihaslaiddowntheprinciples，baseduponhisstudyandwideexperience，bywhichthismaybeaccomplished．Hewrotefromtheviewpointofthepolitician——notllotofthemoralist．Whatisgoodpoliticsmaybebadmorals，andinfact，byastrangefatality，wheremoralsandpoliticsclash，thelattergenerallygetstheupperhand．AndwillanyonecontendthattheprinciplessetbrthbyMachiavelliinhisPrinceorhisDiscourseshaveentirelyperishedfromtheearth?Hasdiplomacybeenentirelystrippedoffraudandduplicity?LetanyonereadthefamouseighteenthchapterofthePrince：“InwhatMannerPrincesshouldKeeptheirFaith．”andhewillbeconvincedthatwhatwastruenearlyfourhundredyearsago，isquiteastruetoday．OftheremainingworksofMachiavellithemostimportantistheHistoryofFlorencewrittenbetween1521andl525，anddedicatedtoClementⅦ．ThisbookismerelyarapidreviewoftheMiddleAges，andaspartofitthehistoryofFlorence．Machiavelli’smethodhasbeencriticizedforadheringattimestoocloselytothechroniclersofhistime，andatothersrejectingtheirtestimonywithoutapparentreason，whileinitsdetailstheauthorityofhisHistoryisoftenquestionable．Itisthestraightforward，logicalnarrative，whichalwaysholdstheinterestofthereader。thatisthegreatestcharmoftheHistory．Itcanbeinferredfromthebeginningofthetextthat__________． A．manypeopleusedtothinkhighlyofMachiavelli
B．Machiavellihadbeenveryinfluentialamongtherulers
C．Machiavelliwaswidelyreadamonghiscontemporaries
D．Machiavellihasbeenatargetofcriticismthroughouthistory
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