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11092008 No.11092008 [Reply] [Original]

This is so fucking boring. What am I missing here?

>> No.11092011

>>11092008
That Machiavelli wrote it basically on commission.

Discourses on Levy is much better and shows that (SURPRISE!) Machiavelli truly dug republics.

>> No.11092022

where to cop that ill sweatshirt

>> No.11092035

>>11092008
You're missing that it's meant to be read antagonistically, yet charitably.

>> No.11092042
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>>11092008
>And rest assured that in this venture I have one consolation, for I believe that although I may have deceived myself in many of its particulars, in one matter I know that I have not made an error; that is, to have chosen you above all others to whom I should dedicate these Discourses of mine, both because in doing so I believe that I have shown my gratitude for the benefits I have received and because I felt that I had departed from the common practice of those who write and always address their works to some prince and, blinded by ambition and by avarice, praise him for all his virtuous qualities when they ought to be blaming him for all his bad qualities. So to avoid this mistake, I have chosen not those who are princes, but those who, because of their numerous good qualities, deserve to be princes; not those who might shower me with offices, honors, and wealth, but those who, although unable, would like to do so.

Almost brings a tear to my eye to see how much he changed over the years.

>> No.11092044

>>11092042
(meant to reply to >>11092011 , not OP)

>> No.11092052
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Communism

>> No.11092369

It's pamphlet size you absolute brainlet.

>> No.11092544

>>11092008
Nothing, you just find it boring and that's that.

What exactly were you expecting from the book?

Also important is; which translation did you read?

>> No.11092754

>>11092008
Skip the history lessons about Italian and French rulers, the first 30-50 pages or so.

>> No.11092780

>>11092008
Read perpetual peace instead

>> No.11092824

>>11092052
>gram-ski

>> No.11094649

>>11092544
I didn't really know what to expect. I knew it would be political and I knew that reading/understanding it is important when engaging in political discourse, but I didn't really know what the book was trying to tell me.