LeavingoutofconsiderationthosemaximsofstatewhichstillfurnishsomeEuropeanandeasternstatesmenwithprinciplesofaction, "ThePrince" , , butastheywishthemtobe—; —topasstoahigherplane—Machiavellireiteratesthat, althoughcrimesmaywinanempire, , andthearmsofanationarehallowedwhenithasnootherresourcebuttofight.
ItisthecryofafarlaterdaythanMachiavelli'sthatgovernmentshouldbeelevatedintoalivingmoralforce, capableofinspiringthepeoplewithajustrecognitionofthefundamentalprinciplesofsociety; tothis "highargument" "ThePrince" , "ThePrince" withmorethanamerelyartisticorhistoricalinterestistheincontrovertibletruththatitdealswiththegreatprincipleswhichstillguidenationsandrulersintheirrelationshipwitheachotherandtheirneighbours.
