original passage: Classical writers like Tacitus, and Renaissance writers like Machiavelli tried to avoid an outspoken preference for one government system or another. Enlightenment philosophers, on the other hand, expressed a clear opinion. Thomas More, writing before the Age of Enlightenment, was too outspoken for the reigning king's taste, even though he coded his political preferences in a utopian allegory.
original sentence: Classical writers like Tacitus, and Renaissance writers like Machiavelli tried to avoid an outspoken preference for one government system or another.
sentence2: Did Machiavelli strongly argue for a specific form of government?
sentence1: Classical writers like Tacitus, and Renaissance writers like Machiavelli showed outspoken preferences for one government system over another. Enlightenment philosophers, on the other hand, expressed few opinions. Thomas More, writing before the Age of Enlightenment, was too outspoken for the reigning king's taste, even though he coded his political preferences in a utopian allegory.