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Niccolò Machiavelli
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Niccolò Machiavelli
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Monday, May 3, 2021
A review of Machiavelli’s “The Prince” (audiobook)
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I had read “The Prince” itself before listening to this audiobook, sometime during the winter of 2006-2007. It was in English translation ...
Sunday, June 28, 2020
A review of Bettany Hughes’ “The Spartans”
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“Athens became the seat of politeness and taste, the country of orators and philosophers. The elegance of its buildings equalled that of i...
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Actually, Machiavelli WAS pro-dictatorship (and Rousseau was wrong about him)
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“I admit that, provided the subjects remained always in submission, the prince's interest would indeed be that it should be powerful, ...
Machiavelli argued that Cesare Borgia was a good ruler. (Was he?)
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“ I shall never hesitate to cite Cesare Borgia and his actions . This duke entered the Romagna with auxiliaries, taking there only French...
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