Two brothers from this modern-day country co-founded the philosophical magazine The Coffeehouse. This modern-day country was home to a thinker who pushed for the abolition of the death penalty in the treatise On Crimes and Punishments. A philosopher from this modern-day country who stated that “truth is itself something made” in the verum factum principle also proposed a (*) cyclical model of history. Thinkers from this modern-day country include the author of The New Science and the author of Discourses on Livy who advises to be like a “lion” and a “fox” in a treatise that claims “it is better to be feared than to be loved.” For 10 points, name this modern-day country home to the author of the political treatise The Prince. ■END■
ANSWER: Italy [or Italian Republic; or the Republic of Italy; or Italia] (The lead-in is the Verri brothers. The second sentence is Cesare Beccaria. The third sentence is Giambattista Vico. The last two sentences are Niccolò Machiavelli.)
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