Moses#
Summary#
Machiavelli presents Moses as one of the greatest examples of princes who acquired power through their own ability rather than fortune. Though acknowledging Moses as an executor of God’s will, Machiavelli emphasizes that Moses needed the opportunity of finding the Israelites enslaved and oppressed in Egypt to demonstrate his greatness. He returns to Moses in his exhortation to liberate Italy, invoking the parting of the sea and other divine signs as precedents for a new redeemer.