Question

it is much safer to be feared than loved.... among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty... but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect... that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man. his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline -the prince, niccolo machiavelli machiavelli claims that \it is much safer to be feared than loved.\ which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his how does the au meaning for the r anecdotal empirical logical

Explanation:

Machiavelli uses the historical cases of Hannibal and Scipio. These are specific incidents or stories, which are anecdotes. Anecdotal evidence consists of stories or examples used to illustrate a point.

Answer:

anecdotal