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The Softer Side of Machiavelli?
Monday, November 12, 2007
Niccolo Machiavelli may not have been the cold-hearted, power-hungry man the history books would have us believe. Biographer Ross King shows a different side of the man in his new book, Machiavelli.
Event: Ross King will be speaking
Monday, November 12 at 8 pm
92nd Street Y
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
To purchase tickets, go here.
Machiavelli is available for purchase at amazon.com
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I wonder what the guest might think of the idea once proposed by a very bright professor I had that The Prince is actually satire?
Am confused. Author said "end justifies means," and "end" for Machiavelli was good government. How can you get good government out of a bad process? Government is process.
eCAHNomics, no one said Machiavelli's conclusions were necessarily right.
I find it interesting how one man had many functions in government, entertainment, and society. One may think that Machiavelli was up to his neck in work. I don't understand how his hobby (writing) didn't interfere with his social and work responsibilities.
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