This book is extremely overrated.I understand people trying to look for wisdom in books like The Art of War, but this book is literally a manual for mediaeval ruling.I just finished it, and I think I enjoyed maybe 8 paragraphs (2 of which are about hitting women).How did this end up in philosophy reading lists?
>>25170889Political philosophy is a thing you know Anyways, look up the Dictators Handbook I guess.
>>25170909>books about dictactors written by men who can't even speak up to their wifesUhhhh, I think I will pass.
>tfw a civvie says he has no need for a how to guide to the game of thronesShiggydiggyniggy
>>25170919I read Jordanes' book about the Goths, and despite it being mostly "we wuz", it was far better than The Price.
>>25170914Suit yourself
>>25170909That's incredibly gay
>>25170889It's only on phil reading lists because it introduces a certain sociopathic perspective that was a novel way of thinking to be disseminated at the time and for a while after.Nowadays it's just common practiceAnd as with most books that we know about from 200+ years ago, there weren't many of them, so most anyone who could afford to print and had some familiar or political push was read and pushed as cannon.It's a boring book
>>25170965I did learn a bit about that specific time in Italy, though. Not sure how much of it was real and how much was made up by him.
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>>25170889it's more relevant in being a herald to politics/leadership without a god aspect to it
>>25170889Why would you want to read the edgy sequel to ‘The Little Prince’?
