(Originais Teachy 2024) - Question Hard of History

When analyzing the cultural context of the Renaissance in Europe, we find an era marked by the revival of classical Greco-Roman ideals and the valorization of man as an individual capable of transforming the world, ideas that reverberated in various areas of knowledge. In 'The Prince,' Niccolò Machiavelli, one of the most influential thinkers of this period, discusses the nature of power and the necessary strategies for the maintenance of the State. Considering the following excerpt and the knowledge about the historical context and Machiavellian thought, analyze how Machiavelli employs the notion of virtù in contrast to the concept of fortune to argue about human action in the course of history: 'I do not believe that dominions can be well administered where the sole objective is to avoid war, exile, and misery, these things that are often called evil; their absence is not enough to make men fortunate, nor their presence to make a prince powerful.' (Niccolò Machiavelli, 'The Prince'). Furthermore, relate the Machiavellian perspective to an aspect of 'Renaissance Humanism' that reflects the belief in man as an active agent in the construction of his own history.