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57: Machiavelli - Discourses on Livy

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Religiosity of the People

Machiavelli: "There is no greater indication of the ruin of a country than to see religion condemned" The greatest proof of the decadence of the current Church, he writes, is that quote, the nearer people are to the Church of Rome, which is the head of our religion, the less religious they are. He sees a parallel in so far as the political alliances and ambitions of the Church has damaged the Church's credibility as a spiritual intercessor between God and man.

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