这个问题因被马基雅维利提出而广为人知，是约瑟夫·奈新书的核心。

This question, famously posed by Machiavelli, lies at the heart of Joseph Nye's new book.

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彼得拉克庆祝他们征服财富并登上顶峰的伟大成就。这就是尼科诺·马基雅维利所颠覆的传记传统。

Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top. This was the biographical tradition which Niccolò Machiavelli turned on its head.

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马基雅维利奉献的开场白让人回想起希腊修辞学家伊索卡特（Isocrates）组成的经典演说《尼科莱斯》。

The opening lines of Machiavelli’sdedication recall the classical oration To Nicoles composed by the Greek rhetorician Isocrates.

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