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尼可罗·马基雅维利:君主论·摘录 69

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But Pertinax was created emperor against the wishes of the soldiers, who, being accustomed to live licentiously under Commodus, could not endure the honest life to which Pertinax wished to reduce them; thus, having given cause for hatred, to which hatred there was added contempt for his old age, he was overthrown at the very beginning of his administration. And here it should be noted that hatred is acquired as much by good works as by bad ones, therefore, as I said before, a prince wishing to keep his state is very often forced to do evil; for when that body is corrupt whom you think you have need of to maintain yourself—it may be either the people or the soldiers or the nobles—you have to submit to its humours and to gratify them, and then good works will do you harm.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232
定位:Excerpt 69 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

佩尔蒂纳克斯违背士兵意愿当上皇帝,士兵在康茂德统治下习惯了放纵,无法忍受他要求的正直生活。他因此招致憎恨,加上人们轻视他年老,所以刚上台就被推翻。马基雅维利指出,好行为也可能招致仇恨,君主为了保住国家,常常被迫做恶事。因为当你依赖的群体(民众、士兵或贵族)腐化时,你不得不迁就他们,这时做好事反而对你不利。

上下文

出自《君主论》,马基雅维利以佩尔蒂纳克斯为例,说明君主有时不得不顺应腐化的势力。

今日一问

当你试图推行改革时,是否考虑过既得利益群体的反弹,以及如何应对?

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