"The Prince", a bone-chilling online storybook

liver411

I finished the reading today. It’s an un-doubtfully classical. OK, there is something positive in the book: you will always be prepared to fight against bad fortune, rise with the good one. It’s also very accessible, literally (free on-line) and figuratively. You don't need to know too much western history (I don't). Recommend to everyone with even just a vestige of interest in politics and be able to read some English.

The Prince

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The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

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Bibliographic Record

Creator	Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Translator	Marriott, W. K. (William K.)
Title	The Prince
Note	Also contains Valentino and Castracani
Language	English
LoC Class	JC: Political science: Political theory
EText-No.	1232
Release Date	1998-03-01
Copyrighted	No

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liver411

以下是引用whoknows在2005-9-4 22:20:43的发言：

What is it about?

But I feel tired when reading online. I enjoy holding a book and sit on a bed.

This little book is packed with details. For anyone that wants a true understanding of politics this book is a must read. Things are not much different today. The ends still justify the means.

Reviewer:

Colin (Sykesville, Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

The Medici made their biggest mistake after taking over Florence when they fired Niccolo Machivelli, the equivalent of a modern Prime Minister or Chief of Staff. He really knew his politics, and had a realistic plan for a Prince to seize power and become Prince of a United Italy. That was Machiavelli's dream, an end to the internicene warfare of the medieval Italian States, and the beginning of an era of a new Roman Empire. Lorenzo de Medici wants to be Prince of All Italy? Great, and here is how you do it...

This book is essentially what amounts to a very long job application by Machiavelli, hoping that the Medici princes would rehire him and he could return to doing what he loved to do and did best, politics.

The book is often criticized as the work of the Devil because of Machiavelli's insistance that the prince will have to be ruthless, not always keep his word, and manipulate people. He insists that a successful prince must be FEARED by his population---though not to the point where he is hated. He said, execute a man and he won't be able to hurt you again, but never simply confiscate his property or take his women away from him. The book is still relevent today. Obviously, the Saudis have never heard of this book...

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