Question

therefore, one who becomes a prince through the favour of the people ought to keep them friendly, and this he can easily do seeing they only ask not to be oppressed by him.nabis, prince of the spartans, sustained the attack of all greece, and of a victorious roman army, and against them he defended his country and his government; and for the overcoming of this peril it was only necessary for him to make himself secure against a few, but this would not have been sufficient had the people been hostile.-the prince,niccolò machiavelliwhich statement explains the reasoning and evidence used to support the claim that a principality created by the people is easier to rule?○ the argument uses deductive reasoning and logical evidence in the form of a historical example to support the claim.○ the argument relies on logical evidence in the form of a historical example to draw a general conclusion that supports the claim.○ the argument uses both deductive and inductive reasoning that relies on anecdotal evidence to support the claim.○ the argument presents empirical evidence in the form of statistics to form deductive reasoning and support the claim.

Explanation:

The text first makes a general claim (deductive reasoning) that a prince who gains power through the people can easily keep their support by not oppressing them. Then it uses the historical example of Nabis of Sparta (logical, anecdotal evidence) to illustrate this: Nabis only needed to secure himself against a few, and his hold on power depended on the people not being hostile, which aligns with the initial claim. This combines deductive reasoning (starting with a general principle) and inductive reasoning (using a specific example to support the general claim), relying on anecdotal historical evidence. The other options are incorrect: there is no statistical empirical evidence, and the reasoning is not only deductive or only inductive from a single example without the initial general claim.

Answer:

The argument uses both deductive and inductive reasoning that relies on anecdotal evidence to support the claim.