IN HIS Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli says that the rulers of a republic must uphold the foundations of the official religion, for it enables them to keep the populace devout and united. He advises encouraging anything that reinforces that religion, even if false, since such fabrications inspire confidence. In ancient Rome, every form of superstition served […]
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