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To: PsyOp
Excellent, thank you for the heads up.......I had read The Prince but was unaware of The Discourses ?........

It will be purchased NLT this weekend for sure.

Stay Safe !

41 posted on 04/22/2002 10:01:35 PM PDT by Squantos
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To: Squantos
I had read The Prince but was unaware of The Discourses ?........

"The Prince" is the appetizer. "The Discourses" is the main meal. Be prepared to spend the weekend wading through it, and the next few weeks reflecting on it.

51 posted on 04/23/2002 6:50:21 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: Squantos
I had read The Prince but was unaware of The Discourses?

FYI. Machiavelli was in the process of finishing the discourses while in exile from government (three volumes, usually publised together), when the opportunity arose to for him to try and regain favor with the Medici's. He halted work on the discourses and and condensed what he felt were the essential points into "The Prince."

Unfortunately, he did not do as good a job as he might have. Some of the ideas in "The Prince" that were misinterpreted and got him in trouble are better explained in the discourses and leave far less room for interpretation.

60 posted on 04/23/2002 6:22:56 PM PDT by PsyOp
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