To: King Prout
No, although there is a chapter on "the ladder of love". ;)
It is sort of a companion book to Machiavelli's "The Prince". Two very different view of the same period in Italian history.
5,510 posted on
12/11/2005 6:40:42 PM PST by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(When the First Amendment was written dueling was common and legal. Think about it.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
hrmn... always thought Nick's other work (Discourses on the Nature of a Republic) was the "companion" to the Prince...
5,516 posted on
12/11/2005 6:42:11 PM PST by
King Prout
(many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Really? Is it an Easy to find text? I loved Machiavelli!
5,609 posted on
12/12/2005 8:28:45 AM PST by
Alice au Wonderland
(Viper-Tongued Sister of the King, Mother Superior, Purveyor of Prurience, Caustic Court Castigator)
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