Ubani uMachiavelli akholelwa ukuthi uyisibonelo sezici zenkosana yangempela encwadini ethi INkosana, futhi kungani ekholelwa kulokhu?
Encwadini kaMachiavelli ethi, INkosana, uMachiavelli uchaza ngokuningiliziwe ukuthi isikhulu sangempela kufanele silawule izwe laso ngezinga elingakanani ukuze siqinisekise ukubusa okuphelele nokulalela kwabantu baso. Uchaza izidingo eziningi nemithwalo yemfanelo yenkosana, lapho efanekisa khona kulo lonke umbhalo ngokusebenzisa izibalo ezahlukahlukene, kokubili ezimeni ezinhle nezimbi. Kuyo yonke iThe Prince, umuntu oyedwa, uMachiavelli akwenza kucace ukuthi uyamhlonipha kakhulu, egqamisa kaningi, nguCesare Borgia okhuluma ngaye ngesimo esifana nezinga likaNkulunkulu ememeza ethi "kwakukhona umuntu oyedwa owabonisa amazwibela obukhulu... okwakwenza ucabange ukuthi wayethunywe nguNkulunkulu" (26). Izinkulumo ezifanayo zivame ukusetshenziswa ekuchazeni uCesare Borgia kulo lonke leli vesi. Ekufuneni ukuthi ubani ngempela oyisibonelo sokuchazwa kuka"The Prince", ngokuvamile kungabonakala sengathi nguCesare Borgia ngenxa yokudumisa kukaMachiavelli, kodwa empeleni akunjalo. Kunalokho, isihloko esithi "iNkosana" singesomuntu ongaqondakali kangako: uFerdinand wase-Aragon, inkosi yaseSpain. Lokhu kuhlobana kwenziwa ngenxa yokuphikisana okuningi uMachiavelli akwenzayo lapho edumisa uCesare Borgia nabanye abantu ababalulekile embhalweni, kuyilapho izici eziningi eziyinhloko zenkosana yeqiniso uMachiavelli akhuluma ngazo zibambelela ngaphandle kokuphikisana kuFerdinand. UMachiavelli ufakazela izimfundiso zakhe ngezenzo zikaCesare Borgia ezibonwe esahlukweni 7 lapho uCesare Borgia enqoba umbuso waseRomagna: ngokushesha eshaya umphikisi esebenzisa unya olukhulu, esebenzisa imbuzi yesono ukuvimbela inzondo kuye, futhi ekugcineni ebulala imbuzi yesono ukudala umuzwa wamandla nokwesaba ngaphakathi kwezakhamuzi zombuso omusha. Lezi zenzo, ezichaza ukuthi kungani edunyiswa kangaka uMachiavelli, azihambi ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi ezinye  izici eziyisisekelo zikaCesare Borgia ziphikisana ngokuqondile nombono kaMachiavelli wenkosana ebusa kakhulu. Isibonelo esivelele siwukuthi "uCesare Borgia... wathola kanjani umbuso wakhe ngesikhathi sokubusa kukayise, futhi lapho uwela phansi walahlekelwa yiwo" (7). Ngokusobala, ukuthola ifa kudinga umzamo omncane kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nokwakha umbuso omusha. Nakuba kamuva uCesare Borgia enqoba imibuso emisha, kungacatshangwa ukuthi ukwanda kwakhe emandleni ngenxa yengcebo kayise kwaba yisici esibalulekile futhi akubonisi izimfanelo ezinhle zenkosana ekahle. Abanye abantu abasencwadini batuswa ngokufanayo ngamakhono abo obuholi, kodwa basuke bengenazo izimfanelo ezifaniswa nezenkosana ekahle. Lezi zibalo zihlanganisa uPapa Julius II, onamandla akhe agcizelelwa nguMachiavelli esahlukweni 13 njengokuhambisana kakhulu nenhlanhla kunokuhleleka emkhankasweni wakhe wokunqoba, uPapa Alexander VI, okuthi yize ekhombisa ikhono elihlakaniphile lokuletha umbuso wamaKatolika ekugcineni ukubusa namandla, wakwenza lokho ngosizo lokuqala lokuthi "anikezwe isihloko kanye nemali engenayo evela eSontweni LamaRoma Katolika ngumalume wakhe u-Alonso". [1] Izibalo eziningi zilandela iphethini efanayo yokuthi zilandela izimiso eziningi eziboniswe kuThe Prince, kodwa-ke ngezimfuneko eziningi kakhulu zokuba yinkosana yangempela, lezi zibalo azilandeli incazelo ecacile yenkosana. Nokho, kunomuntu oyedwa olandela amaphuzu kaMachiavelli eduze kakhulu futhi oyisibonelo sezimiso zenkosana yeqiniso ekuqaleni kwayo, engashiyi cishe amaphutha ekukhuphukeni kwayo ukuze ibe yinkosana yeqiniso: uFerdinand wase-Aragon. Izici zikaFerdinand zamholela esiqwini esithi "iNkosana" kodwa i-virtù eyisisekelo iyona emhlukanisa ngempela kwezinye izibalo: ukwanda kwakhe emandleni. Cishe ngokushesha encwadini ethi The Prince, uMachiavelli uchaza umehluko okhona phakathi kwamakhosi futhi ugcizelela indlela ukugcina umbuso 1 <unk>U-Alexander VI.<unk> I-Encyclopædia Britannica, i-Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-VI.  ukuba isikhulu esisha kunzima kakhulu kunokuthola ifa. Lokhu kubonakala kakhulu ekukhuphukeni kukaFerdinand waba umholi kulokho uMachiavelli amchaza ngokuthi "[ukukhuphuka], ngenxa yodumo nenkazimulo, ekubeni yinkosi engasho lutho ukuba abe yinkosi evelele kunazo zonke kweLobukholwa" (21). UFerdinand ubonisa ukukhohlisa kwakhe ngobuqili ngokusebenzisa icebo lakhe lokuthola amandla, "ngaso sonke isikhathi esebenzisa inkolo njengesikhalazo, ukuze enze amacebo amakhulu, [ezinikezela] ngesihluku sokwesaba uNkulunkulu ekuxosheni nasekuhlanzeni umbuso wakhe wamaMoor" (21). UMachiavelli uphawula lokhu ngokuthi akukaze kube "isibonelo esihlaba umxhwele kakhulu, noma esingavamile" lapho esebenzisa khona inkolo njengengubo yokungabonakali ukuze anqobe amazwe ngokukhohlisa (21). La makhono angokwemvelo enza uFerdinand abe umuntu othandeka kakhulu futhi amhlukanise nabanye abalingiswa abasembhalweni. Lo muzwa wabelwana nawo uMachiavelli ememeza ethi "izenzo zakhe zivele ngendlela yokuthi, enye iphume kwenye, abantu abakaze banikezwe isikhathi sokusebenza ngokuqinile ngokumelene naye" (21).