PART A: What is Montesquieu’s overall purpose in these excerpts?

A
To encourage reform
B
To shame Christians
C
To question virtue
D
To mock the pious

the answer is:

to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.

most people   learn at a very young age like 8 or 9 or even 10 but usually teenage years is when