Having now read this book three times I sort of wonder how Machiavelli's name came to represent a sort of politics that involved deceit, manipulation, and backstabbing, because for those who claim that this is what the Prince is about have probably read the wrong book, or probably not read the book ...
The greatness of the book is because the author destroyed a 2000 year old paradigm of thinking about how politics should work and introduced reality in to our way of seeing the world. There is an interesting meta-meta-history regarding this book. He's writing about using history before 1513, mostl...
I'm probably not the best person to say something useful about this book, since I'm neither a historian nor very into politics, but as a reader, I still like to spread my thought about it. If you're looking for an in-depth analysis of the book, this review is not what you're looking for. I decide...
I think I am getting awfully fed up with these self help manuals on immoral governance and how to make the world a more miserable place than it already is. I mean, what were these jokers thinking when writing this sort of stuff? Has anyone ever profited from this? Well I can stake my reputation, whi...
The Prince A Book for All And None Machiavelli , father of political science , observes as a historian , thinks and demonstrates as a philosopher , and writes as a politician , for him " there is no sin but ignorance " He has defined the principles of political power , but in essence he wasnt tellin...
This is no Little Prince, that's for sure. You must kill the fox, burn the rose, murder the businessman, if any of them tries to take control over your princedom. There's no time to be nice! There's only time to seem to be nice. At the end of the day, it's better to be feared than loved, if you can'...
In the far distant future when mankind sets forth en masse into the universe I bet it will be armed with this mentality fully encrypted into the howtodotheconquering handbook.Re-visit details:re-visit 2013spring 2013italy> renaissanceclassicnon-fictionR4xpub 1513political theoryhow to1: 4 Extra Debu...
Although the two are of different genres - Mario Puzo's "The family" so well complements this phenomenal masterpiece by Machiavelli. I mention the similarity because many years ago when I read "The family" I had almost felt that the book was bordering on being vulgar. Uninitiated as I was with renai...
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