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A Critical Analysis of Machavelli's View … Z . Kabiri et al (91

               the ultimate goal of human             found in Machiavelli's works.
               actions  and  finally,  the            (Ref: Holler, 2009)

               standard of moral actions.                It  can  be  concluded  that  if
                                                      man  is  considered  as  a  one-
               Although  the  introduced              dimensional  being  without  a

            sources have made references              single  soul,  discussing  about
            to  the  subject,  there  is  no          values and criteria for achieving
            source  that  independently               them  tend  to  be  material  and
            expresses  Machiavelli's  view            perfectionism remains incomplete,

            on  the  standard  of  moral              because  eternal  values  are
            action and evaluates his view             related to the human soul.

            from  the  perspective  of                   Machiavelli has referred to
            Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi.
                                                      the  badness  of  human  nature
            Basics      of     Machiavelli's          in  different  chapters  of  the

            Anthropology                              book  “Discourses”.  He  even
                1.  The  Nature  of  Man              begins the introduction of the
                    and his Real Essence              book like this:

            Fan Fukno, one of the famous                 People  are  born  with  a
            interpreters  of  Machiavelli's              jealous  nature  and  tend  to
            views,  has  reviewed  the                   be criticized more than to be

            materiality  of  human  identity             praised. (Machiavelli, 1984)
            based  on  Nietzsche's  and                  According  to  him,  man  is
            Machiavelli's viewpoint.                  humble  and  ambitious,  and
               He declares the philosophical          because he has such a creation,

            anthropology of Nietzsche and             he  gets  tired  of  his  work  to
            Machiavelli  are  based  on               the  point  where  he  even

            human physicality. So spiritual           forgets  his  father's  death,  but
            dimension  of  man  is  not
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